Sleepover Girls Go Wild!

The Sleepover Club #40

by Ginny Deals

The Sleepover Club is off to the local wildlife park, AnimalWorld, for the day! Will Frankie enter the Spider House? Will Fliss go anywhere near the snakes? There's loads of laughs and plenty of animal magic on such a a brilliant day out. But then Kenny teases Lyndz about what Hissing Horace the python's having for supper. Little does she know what she's started Pack up your sleepover kit and let's PIG OUT!!

Paperback

First published April 2, 2001

Reviews

[Annabel]

'The Sleepover Club' series is what made me love reading. I got given a few when I was about 8 or 9 years old and very quickly got hooked, reading the whole series. This meant that I was hooked on reading in general and began widening my horizon in terms of author/genre etc, and I haven't stopped since! Therefore, for me, the series educated me to an invaluable level and was the origin of my thirst for reading, writing and learning. The content is completely appropriate, fun and relatable for young girls of about 8 - 12 years old, and the characters lovable. Each book takes a different theme, so I had my favourites that I re-read countless times. I think its fun that each book follows the same aesthetic design, making them fun to collect as a set and in doing so, encouraging further reading through collecting more books. They also feel rather 'grown-up' to read, meaning that pre-teen girls just love them. Lexis and syntax are easy enough for a 9 year old to read alone, yet simultaneously challenging enough to develop reading skills. Perfect books for pre-teen girls to encourage further reading.

[Someone]

As a childrens, or more like girls book it was an, 'ok' read. I've never read many 'girls' books before so this was quite new. The book itself seems to be a bit out dated with its reference to, 'Boyzone', use of the word, 'funky' and flared jeans and so on, but it wasn't too bad. Didn't cover much moral issues. In fact, in the end of the day, none of the girls told any of the adults the truth, and one of the girls even managed to semi-blackmail the adult to keep their mouth shut. There were some issues on, 'love of animals' shown, but it only led to mischief and wasn't ellaborated in any way. All in all, good as a light read for young girls, but not something to go over in class and not really a story that will stay in their minds for long.