Bibliograph

Jelly, Jo Cotterill

Type

Label

Jelly, Jo Cotterill

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmusic

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Jelly

Oclc number

1105952452

Responsibility statement

Jo Cotterill

Summary

Twelve-year-old Jelly hides her true self behind her humor and keeps her true thoughts and feelings locked away in a notebook. Can she find the courage to share who she really is? Angelica (Jelly for short) is the queen of comedy at school. She has a personality as big as she is, and everyone loves her impressions. But Jelly isn't as confident as she pretends to be. No one knows her deepest thoughts and feelings. She keeps those hidden away in a secret notebook. Then her mom's new boyfriend, Lennon, arrives. He's kind and perceptive, and he is the first person to realize that Jelly is playing a part. Jelly shares her poetry with him and he convinces her to perform one of her poems as a song at the school talent show. Can Jelly risk letting people see the real her? What if it all goes wrong?

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification