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Annabel Hall reviews The Rise and Shine Saturday Show by Emma Lee-Potter
This fiction book is a very descriptive, fun and original story about five (normal!) children who go to live in a house in Scotland together. Here they are in the final stages of a talent contest which the children’s television programme – The Rise and Shine Saturday Show - had organised. Emma Lee-Potter writes about the events that take place in and out of the house! The children go through the auditions, face gruelling training with the scary dance coach, ‘GG’ and have many adventures. The other characters include Didi and Zaza (the presenters of the programme with their amazingly descriptive clothes), Daniel Drewsome (the programme's moody director), Dottie (a kind young lady who works for the programme) and the book includes many more inventive characters.
I think the audience for this book are children aged about 9-13, especially children interested in singing, dancing or any type of performance.
Personally, my favourite part of the book is near the beginning when Dottie approaches Kate, one of the Starspotters finalists waiting in the audition queue. I like this moment because Dottie is so warm and friendly (unlike the weather) and offers Kate a sandwich. This is very amusing because later Dottie makes the decision to select the finalists. Kate was very nice to her in the audition queue so can you guess whether she gets through?
This book is up-to-date, very descriptive, original, and had ‘cool’ characters. My one small criticism would be that Emma Lee-Potter kept repeating the phrase ‘as if butter wouldn’t melt in his/her mouth.’ This might be quite hard to understand for a child of 9-13.
I enjoyed this book very much because it was fun and true to life.
Annabel Hall reviews The Rise and Shine Saturday Show by Emma Lee-Potter
This fiction book is a very descriptive, fun and original story about five (normal!) children who go to live in a house in Scotland together. Here they are in the final stages of a talent contest which the children’s television programme – The Rise and Shine Saturday Show - had organised. Emma Lee-Potter writes about the events that take place in and out of the house! The children go through the auditions, face gruelling training with the scary dance coach, ‘GG’ and have many adventures. The other characters include Didi and Zaza (the presenters of the programme with their amazingly descriptive clothes), Daniel Drewsome (the programme's moody director), Dottie (a kind young lady who works for the programme) and the book includes many more inventive characters.
I think the audience for this book are children aged about 9-13, especially children interested in singing, dancing or any type of performance.
Personally, my favourite part of the book is near the beginning when Dottie approaches Kate, one of the Starspotters finalists waiting in the audition queue. I like this moment because Dottie is so warm and friendly (unlike the weather) and offers Kate a sandwich. This is very amusing because later Dottie makes the decision to select the finalists. Kate was very nice to her in the audition queue so can you guess whether she gets through?
This book is up-to-date, very descriptive, original, and had ‘cool’ characters. My one small criticism would be that Emma Lee-Potter kept repeating the phrase ‘as if butter wouldn’t melt in his/her mouth.’ This might be quite hard to understand for a child of 9-13.
I enjoyed this book very much because it was fun and true to life.