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Pip: The Story Of Olive (2000)

by Kim Kane(Favorite Author)

3.4 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

038561330X (ISBN13: 9780385613309)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

review 1: This Australian offering is so Australian that I think it may be difficult for many children in the states. I got all the meanings from context but I certainly wasn't familiar with some of them. "The lock was unsnibbed and the door pushed open." "She sewed sequins onto trainers and wind-cheaters..."� "Even though Matilda whinged about not having any sisters" The story starts as the typical two best friends, one gets a better, more popular best friend and the other, Olive, is left miserably alone. While suffering alone (Mom is a very busy attorney and Dad ran off years before) Olive meets her previously unheard of twin, Pip. This is about the time I started checking the subject headings for this book. Pip looks just like Olive but is outgoing, adventuresome - trouble, al... morel the things Olive is not. MAJOR SPOILER ALERT! Eventually they work together to find the dad, are quite disappointed, Pip disappears, mom has more time, Olive makes a new friend and Olive's old BFF gets dumped. All in all, I found it a bit depressing.
review 2: Great characters. Interesting setting. Exciting adventure looking for Olive's dad. Pip's existence is never explained, which could be frustrating for some readers. Sophisticated readers will understand that she was Olive's creation and never really existed to begin with, but Kane never actually explains it. Vocabulary's a little foreign. Great for older readers who like things a little quirky. less

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