The Werepuppy and the Werepuppy on Holiday

The Werepuppy #1,2

by Jacqueline Wilson

The Werepuppy: A werewolf video leaves Micky terrified of dogs. Mum decides the only answer is to get Mickey a pet of his own. To everyone's surprise - including Micky's - she chooses a werepuppy. But Wolfie turns out to be a very special pet - and a real joker!

The Werepuppy on Holiday: Micky's pet dog, Wolfie, is a werepuppy - a baby werewolf who's always in trouble. When Wolfie is banned from the family holiday, Micky is distraught. What fun is a family holiday without Wolfie?

208 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 28, 2002

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

[Emily Bonnar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay

[Clair Cannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the first story I have read by Jaqueline Wilson and unfortunately it failed to capture my interest. The story was based on a little boy who buys a puppy and he gets more than he bargained for as the dog turns out to be a practical joker and transforms into a werepuppy. The positive aspects of this book which I found really useful for children to help identify words that end in 'ly'. There was lots of repetition throughout the book that enabled children to practise these words and ideal to use as a resource for literacy learning the suffix of words. A fairly challenging read would be ideal for upper KS2 children.

[Shahrun]

The Werepuppy
20th - 22nd April 2015

What a bizarre story. Everyone in it seams quite mean towards Micky (and worryingly even His own father is rather nasty to him). Maybe I'm just too old to appreciate this one.

The Werepuppy on Holiday
22nd - 27th April 2015

I enjoyed this one much more. I felt it was more realistic and much funnier.

[Alsie · Rating 3 out of 5]

the puppy does so many funny things

[Jasmine · Rating 3 out of 5]

quite boring }:(