This is my book review of a book called Ally’s World the, Past the Present and the Loud, Loud Girl. You may have read and commented on this already but due to some problems on the blog my teacher deleted it.

Ally’s World the Past the Present and the Loud, Loud Girl

By Karen McCombie

Published by Scholastic

Ally’s problems are growing and growing.

Ally is a girl who has many everyday girls problems.  She tries to sort them out but it turns out to be harder than she thought so she seeks help from her friends and family but they don’t seem to be much help.  Will she find a way to solve all her problems by herself?

Ally is a really mixed-up and stressed girl but her problems become ten times worse when the mean, judgemental Kyra Davies turns up and Ally’s is told to show her around.  Karen McCombie makes her characters believable by giving them real life problems.  The reader gets a good idea of the characters because they are described in Ally’s opinion.  Ally thinks Kyra is really evil but when Kyra spills the beans everything changes!

Most of the story is set in Palace Gates School which Ally has enjoyed going to for ages but it doesn’t seem to be up to Kyra’s standards. She complains about the grotty toilets, the boring teachers and everything else she could think of.  The rest of the story happens in Ally’s house that the author describes as a large Victorian house that is a bit crumbly around the edges.  It’s a bit of a mad house inside with Tor’s many pets, Rowan’s crazy works of art and the noise of constant arguing between Rowan and Linn.

The author takes us through an eventful school term with Ally.  The term starts off fine but as it goes on Ally’s stress mountain builds up until it’s bigger than Mount Everest. She starts worrying about what to get for Dad’s birthday, then to make things worse she has to hang around with the annoying Kyra Davies all day and to top things off her friends turn against her.  But all day she has something else on her mind but she can’t remember what it is.

The book is very funny because of the chatty, personal and informal style.  The reader gets a good description of the characters because they are described in Ally’s thoughts as the book is written in the first person.  Some of the words are slang words that aren’t in the dictionary but they add to the excitement and humour of the book.

The book would mainly appeal to girls aged about 9-13.  It is a hilarious and fun packed book and it’s like it gets glued to your hands when you read it. It has just the right amount of pages and doesn’t become boring at all the excitement just keeps coming and coming. The book probably wouldn’t appeal to boys but girls will enjoy the humour and thrill of it.