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Clean Break

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Clean Break by Nick Sharratt, and Jacqueline Wilson

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By Nick Sharratt, and and, Jacqueline Wilson

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186 reviews

Em adores her funny, glamorous dad – who cares if he’s not her real father? At Christmas, Dad gives them all fantastic presents – and another surprise: he’s leaving them. Will his well-meaning but chaotic attempts to keep seeing Em and the other children help them come to terms with this crisis? Or would they be better off with a clean break?

Reviews

11 Aug 2024

I loved this book

13 Jul 2024

I enjoyed it very much as Emma despite her sadness of her dad leaving them on Christmas she is still positive. it is a sad book kind of confusing but quite fun . I think it is 100% amazing

29 Jun 2024

It is a really good book the main character is Em and she makes dancer storys to cheer her little sister and brother up

17 Sep 2023

I love this book

I like Emily the best

I would recommend this book to everybody

13 Sep 2023

I learnt that your not alone

23 Aug 2023

Clean break is a really good book by Jacqueline Wilson. It is about family, friendship and how you must continue to stay strong even when you are struggling. My favourite character is Emily because she tries to make everybody happy and she is kind, caring and helpful. When I read this book at first I was like, nah I don't like this book, but as I read it, I started to like it. You learn a lot from this book and I think it should be recommended to everyone.

21 Aug 2023

Em adores her funny, glamorous dad - who cares if he's not her real father? He's wonderful to her, and to her little brother Maxie and sister Vita. True to form at Christmas, Dad gives them fantastic presents, including a real emerald ring for his little Princess Em.
Unfortunately he's got another surprise in store - he's leaving them.

18 Aug 2023

the pictures were weird

15 Aug 2023

I really like this book because It shows how to be confident in yourself and that sometimes if you really had the new dreams might just come true I would recommend this book to anybody because it's quite easy a read end I would recommend this book to anybody because it's quite easy a read And It helps others Open up to other people.

06 Aug 2023

really interesting, and I do think that em WILL be a writer!

31 Jul 2023

It was good but I didn’t really love it and I would love a follow up

24 Jul 2023

I liked this book as it is about a really creative girl called Emily, and I'm pretty creative myself. Em looked after her mum and her sister Vita and brother Maxie when her dad drove away from their family.Em, who was very fond of her dad, was very upset, but still got up the courage to make up stories to cheer up her family. This shows maturity.

03 Dec 2022

It is so good I would recommend to people over 8

31 Aug 2022

I liked the character Em the best because even though what she has been throughshe still trys her best to entertain her brother (Maxie) and sister (Vita).

28 Aug 2022

I found this book ok because it was talking about this girl , Emily . It was about her life story and I don't know why but I just love stories about peoples life . I would recommend this book to 7+ to people who like reading about other peoples life story.

14 Aug 2022

This story is quite sad at the being but is happy at the end of the story. I love the end because it is a cliffhanger and makes you think about what will happen next to Em. There is lots of arguments as Em’s mum and dad break up in the middle of Christmas( on Christmas Day). I would recommend it to anyone who wants a story that will take them on a rollercoaster of emotions.

13 Aug 2022

JW is my favourite author! I feel sorry for Em.

29 Jul 2022

This book is a factual book , one of my favourite character is Em she is adopted and the oldest child she likes to eat a lot ; she supports her mother after her father found an another girlfriend

22 Jun 2022

This book was incredibly good and very touching. I found this book very touching and love the fact that the dad comes together

11 Jun 2022

I love this book. Thats all I can say. Just read it.

08 Jan 2022

Clean break is an amazing book, it shows a story of a family suffering the loss of their father after he laeves them for another woman ,who the children do not get on with when the dad invites them out for the day. I loved little Vite and Dancer, the glove puppet reindeer that her dad got her the day before he left. Em is a great big sister to Vita and Maxie, telling them stories to distract them from the heartbraking occurance on boxing day's moring to find dad gone. I rate this book 95/100.

02 Dec 2021

It was very good, quite sad but i loved dancer and all the description used

13 Sep 2021

I would like to put more than 5. It was nice because dad still loved the family but he broke up

29 Aug 2021

Great book about a girl call Emily who loves her stepfather but he leaves them. Emily is my favourite character and I highly recommend this book

24 Aug 2021

Very good.

17 Aug 2021

Its sad when mum and dad split up and dad goes off with his girlfriend, Sarah after Christmas the children get lovely presents- Vita has red-nosed reindeer puppet, Maxie got a whole set off felt-tip pens and Emily(Em for short)got . . . an emerald ring.

07 Aug 2021

Heartouching and warm, this book really reminds us that though things may go wrong, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.

28 Jul 2021

It's rlly good, would recommend. My favourite character is probably Em

27 Jul 2021

Great

17 Jan 2021

I loved this book and my favourite character was Em and I really recommend this book to you

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