Sleepover Club Blitz

The Sleepover Club #33

by Angie Bates

Join the Sleepover Frankie, Kenny, Felicity, Rosie and Lyndsey, five girls who want to have fun – but who always end up in mischief! It’s World War Two for the gang when they get to experience a whole weekend in an authentic wartime house. And when an air-raid siren goes off in the middle of the night, there’s creepy-crawlies in the air-raid shelter to worry about too!

Genres: Childrens

Paperback

First published September 4, 2000

Reviews

[Stephanie Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Squeeeeee! (My ten-year-old inner child loving this book)!
A group of young girls “experience history” in a unique way. During a school unit about WW2, two ladies who lived through the London Blitz give a talk to the class. These women have created a museum, complete with authentic props and sound effects, that provides children the opportunity to “go back in time” to the war and learn what it was actually like.
I’m 54, and having been fascinated with the Blitz since watching “Journey for Margaret” as a child, I was thinking throughout this entire book, “What a wonderful idea; I want to go to a museum like that!”
I think this book, written for a middle-grade audience, could really awaken an interest, or re-interest, in history for readers of any age.

[Annabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

'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.