Book Review 3: Judy Moody:Around the World in 8 1/2 Days

[Jennifer]

Judy Moody is not happy when a girl called Amy Namey is interviewing Rocky and Frank at lunch time. Rocky and Franky are Judy’s best friends and they are happy to oblige with Amy’s interview on school improvements. At first Judy does not like Amy Namey. However it turns out that they have a few things in common. Rocky and Frank point out to Judy that Amy is just like Judy. For instance both Judy and Amy have names that rhyme.

Amy invites Judy to join the My-name-Is-A-Poem club. This is a club in which people from all over the world with rhyming names belong. Judy choses to go to this club instead of her other club that she is in with her old friends. Rocky and Frank are angry with Judy but a class assignment brings them back together. Mr. Todd their class teacher sets the class a geography assignment by tracing Nellie Bly’s journey around the world. Judy and her friends are assigned to learn all about Italy. Judy decides to learn about an Italian dance, the tarantella and conveniences the rest of her friends to learn it too. Judy and her group are given an extra day to complete the assignment because Judy missed the dance rehearsal.

I enjoyed this book and I will read more from this exciting series in the future. I think it would best suit children who are aged between six and nine years of age. This book captures the drama and also the humour of the day in the life of a young girl in school.