Description
Description
A heart-warming and joyful series about family, friends and never being too small to make a difference.
Meet ten-year-old Joy Applebloom, a girl with a knack for finding the silver lining in even the darkest of rainclouds. After years of traveling the world with her parents and older sister, Claude, Joy and her family move in with her grumpy, rule-obsessed granddad. Enrolled in regular school for the first time, Joy soon finds her usual irrepressible positivity and zest for life waning. When the powers that be threaten to knock down a historic oak tree, Joy decides to fight back, and realizes that not all magic requires wands and spells, and perhaps the most important sort of magic is the power, resilience and courage that was there all along ...
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
-- Kirkus Reviews "Written from Joy's viewpoint, the first-person narrative is sometimes amusing, sometimes touching, and consistently involving."
-- Booklist "The first person narration sparkles and nicely done black and white images are scattered throughout. Joy is one you will be happy to have spent some time with and luckily this is just the beginning."
-- Always in the Middle "A Girl Called Joy is an upbeat and lighthearted story about growing up and making friends, incorporating themes of environmental and global awareness. Joy's cheerful optimism shines through the first person narration of this charming English import, and her voice is both funny and heartfelt."
-- Youth Services Book Review
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