Cloud Boy

I thought it was a really moving book that I would definitely read again. I loved the grandmas war stories (they were so interesting but sad) I loved Angie's friendship with Harry The end was so amazingly bad.

A tear jerker but a lovely story about friendship. You really feel for Angie as she tries her hardest to deal with her friend becoming more "distant" and is unaware of the full detail. I liked the link with the true events relating to the quilt.

Absolutely FANTASTIC book! I nearly cried at the end it was so moving!

This book was about 2 best friends who were born 2 days apart. Harry, one of the boys has to go to hospital for headaches that wouldn’t go away. His friend visits him and eventually he dies.
This was a very sad book and I found it a bit upsetting. I’m
Not sure if I would recommend it but maybe it would help someone who had lost a friend.

Emotional and honest - I really liked the way that the main narrative, was interspersed with Grandma's diary from a WW2 POW prison in Japanese occupied Singapore. It made me want to find out more about the Changi Guide quilt.

I liked the story and my favourite character was Angie.
I would recommend this book.

This about Angie Moon and Harry Christmas when Harry falls ill Angie needs a friend more than ever.He tries to remember all the good times like when they made their tree house .Later on in the book Harry's headaches get worse he is admitted to a hospital.Sadly he dies and Angie feels really bad as they were arguing a day earlier.This is a sad book but includes a lot of morals.I would recommend this to ages 9 and up.

A funny, touching, memorable book that joins generations and helps friends realise just how grateful they are for their BFF's.
This book is a tear-jerker, I cried while I read it and recommend it to 11/12+.

This was an extremely touching read - one which I will certainly always remember. It deals with a very sensitive issue of terminal illness and is powerfully written through a child's perspective. Throughout this book, Angie embarks on a rollercoaster of emotions as her best friend becomes seriously ill and spends time in and out of hospital. It is beautifully written through a series of diary entries where Angie's feelings are described so vividly and honestly.

Although I thoroughly enjoyed Angie's journey, I was also captivated by the story of her grandmother, which is interwoven beautifully with Angie's story. The grandmother's story explores her time in Changi prison as a child in WW2. Her story is told via the letters she wrote in secret whilst in captivity. The letters reveal how a Girls' Guide group secretly sewed a quilt for their leader to show their love and appreciation for giving them a purpose during their time in Changi. I found it heart-warming to read how this inspired Angie herself to make a quilt of memories for her best friend to, in a similar way, show her love and appreciation.

The story as a whole was fiction and I particularly liked the character, Angie. I admired her bravery as a young girl when dealing with such a terrifying ordeal watching her best friend suffer, yet still found a way to be hopeful and positive during such a dark time. The grandmother's story was based on the true story of Olga Henderson - one which has deeply touched me - again the character's bravery and strength shone through to me. Both such inspirational characters! I would recommend this book without hesitation, but would suggest reading it with a box of tissues...

It was really good.

Difficult to get into but the background on Changi Prison and the Girl Guide Quilts drew me in.

I don't usually like diary style books but this was great. Very sad, but a great story about friendship and the hardest times children go through.

Great book!

I think this book is sad but I still enjoyed it.I rated this book 4 because there are some sad parts.This book is quite funny as well as sad.
My favorite character is Angie because I like how she tells all her feelings to the diary as if it were real.I would recommend it to 8 and over.
Even my Mum read it!

Well, what can I say? I’m an absolutely broken and emotional wreck after just finishing this...😭💔 Such a touching and poignant story about courage, loyalty and love in the face of adversity...☁️☁️☁️☁️

I loved how they author incorporated a moment in history into a fiction book. I also loved how the book was written in diary form. My favourite character is the main characters grandma. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes cloud and drama mixed in with a bit of a history lesson.

This reminded me of when I was younger; keeping a diary. I liked how this story was woven together, with different thing a to learn from it.
Very emotional but beautifully written.

Loved it. Lots to think about & tied together a variety of different threads; friendship, illness, diaries, letters, prison camp in WW2.
Fiction for top KS2/KS3
Loved the name Harry Christmas!
Would definitely recommend as a good read.

It was a very good book it was a bit sad but I liked how a best friend can make everything feel better.

So emotional towards the end - a story about true friendship and the range of emotions we go through during difficult times but from a child's perspective. Excellent for PSHE lessons to discuss friendship, consequences, secrets, War and warfare and illnesses.

When her friend Harry falls ill, Angie must make sacrifices and face challenges to save him.

My favourite character was Angie because she uses a lot of effort to let Harry survive. She does get very angry at some points though, but she is still kind and friendly.

Younger readers who like dystopian and tragedy stories, or books inspired by real life events, read this book!

My favourite character in the book was Angie Moon because she stayed strong even though her best friend was ill also she was able to turn mistakes into something amazing.

It is about how friendship has its ups and downs, but how you can get through it.