Books by Kate De Goldi
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review 1: The opening chapters take it a little slowly as we are introduced to 12 year old Frankie and his dad, Uncle George, mum,sister and brother. Oh, and his best friend, Gig, and newcomer, Sydney. And the Aunts. Frankie suffers from anxiety. Every spot or scratch is a fatal diseas...
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review 1: Well-written account of Frankie's perspective as a young worrier from Britain, with genes to match his compulsions and strong feelings. His friend, Sidney, is a rare bird, reminding me of Jerry Spinelli's StarGirl; not afraid to be different. The author skips seamlessly between t...
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review 1: This book was really good and kind of sad. The reason of why I liked the book is because it is a very interesting story and the way it's written it's really good. My favourite character is Sydney, because I really like her personality, she is a non-conformist and she is very curi...
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review 1: I liked this book and finished it in one day. I had been looking forward to it after reading reviews, and while I liked it, I'm not sure it quite lived up to the reviews. This is the story of Perry, a precocious 8 year old, who pays weekly visits to her grandmother in a nursing...