Saving Daisy

LoveReading4Kids Says

Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award.  This is a powerful and moving story linked to Phil Earle's critically acclaimed debut book, Being Billy.

A Review by Katy Poulter, age 12

Saving Daisy was better than I thought it would be as the cover isn’t great but once I got into the book, I quite enjoyed it. Daisy was very unfortunate with everything that had happened to her and what was even more unfortunate was that she blamed herself for it. She was a very easy character to relate to because everyone has had a time in their life when they have felt a little like Daisy did and if you haven’t, you are very lucky. I was almost shouting at the book when Daisy started smoking and drinking because I knew she was better and more intelligent than that which I think shows that it was written in a believable way so the characters become real. I liked how it was so well thought out with how realistic it all was and how the writer used his strengths when writing. I felt that there was something missing for it to really engage me and for it to stick in my mind as an amazing book.

Katy Poulter is a member of the Lovereading4kids Reader Review Panel but she has reviewed this novel in the first instance for the Leeds Book Award as it is one of the 2013 shortlisted titles. The organisers have kindly agreed to let us also make use of Katy's review.

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