Video Rose

by Jacqueline Wilson

Rose loves watching videos and is sat in front of the telly ALL the time. So when the video player breaks, it's a total nightmare! But then a very mysterious repair man comes to fix it. He gives Rose the power to forward and rewind her life and then Rose sees what really happens to someone who spends all their time in front of the TV...

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Audiobook, Young Adult

88 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, but spent most of her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames. She always wanted to be a writer and wrote her first ‘novel’ when she was nine, filling in countless Woolworths’ exercise books as she grew up. As a teenager she started work for a magazine publishing company and then went on to work as a journalist on Jackie magazine (which she was told was named after her!) before turning to writing novels full-time.

One of Jacqueline’s most successful and enduring creations has been the famous Tracy Beaker, who first appeared in 1991 in The Story of Tracy Beaker. This was also the first of her books to be illustrated by Nick Sharratt. Since then Jacqueline has been on countless awards shortlists and has gone on to win many awards. The Illustrated Mum won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, the 1999 Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was also shortlisted for the 1999 Whitbread Children’s Book Award.

Double Act won the prestigious Smarties Medal and the Children’s Book Award as well as being highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. The Story of Tracy Beaker won the 2002 Blue Peter People’s Choice Award.

Jacqueline is one of the nation’s favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. She has sold millions of books and in the UK alone the total now stands at over 35 million!

In 2002 Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she was the Children’s Laureate. In 2008 she became Dame Jacqueline Wilson.

Reviews

[Evangeline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a fun mini throwback to my childhood and my queeeen Jacqueline Wilson. In the next year one of my goals is to (re)read more Jacqueline Wilson books and I’m super excited for it.

[Katie (Kitkatscanread) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so funny to listen to.
I really liked the narrator.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
I look forwards to reading more books by Jacqueline Wilson.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

What person doesn’t want to sit in front of the TV and watch movies while eating snacks? And who doesn’t want to be able to rewind and fast forward their lives at any given moment?

That’s what Video Rose gets when a mysterious man comes to fix her broken video player, and she’s now able to control the speed of her life not just the speed of her video cassettes.

I will say that this story made me feel so old for remembering how much of a nightmare it was when the video player broke, or when the tape got jammed. And I didn’t appreciate that part so much. But the nostalgia kick was worth it anyway.

Again, definitely one of Wilson’s older novels and you can tell (not just by the video tapes) but you can see it in the changes in her writing style and the stories that she tells. Which, as always, has been quite interesting for me.

[Foster · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book for younger readers . I really likedit.

[Sarah Louise · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[sylvie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this today when I was supposed to be doing my library service it was So good classic Jacqueline Wilson excellence god I wish I was 9 again

[Ash · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very dated at this point but a nice read

[Emma Minazza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rewinding and fastforwading your life with your hands/fists! Intriguing!

[Daisy Atkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

i think i remember reading this in the school library when i was seven years old. i rated it from the perspective of my seven year old self, who enjoyed the overall story but thought it was quite underwhelming for a JW book.

[Nicola Sheridan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun little story about a young girl who loves watching videos... not dvd's, because this was written before DVD's were a big thing. I loved the antiquated technology and the magic of this story.
Rose is chubby, because she likes to eat crisps and chocolate whilst watching a videos and is utterly devastated when the video breaks. Suffice to say, a little man with magic in his hands fixes it and with it give Rose the power to fast-forward and rewind her life.
This is a delightful read.

[Milly]

Rose loved her video player but when it broke down this man comes to fix it.he seemed like a magic man he just touched he video player and it was fixed.after he left rose felt like he gave her a power to rewind and fast forward her life.rose loved it and this power never stopped.I rate this book about a 3/5.i recommend it for people who like VIDEO PLAYERS!!!!!:) and short stories

[Tania · Rating 3 out of 5]

Randomly chosen as book 109 for 2011. Aim is 133 books for year. This is a popular book in the library.

[Shahrun · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used to love Jacqueline Wilson when I was younger and now I remember why. Easy to read, amusing story and the book has pictures!

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 2 out of 5]

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