October 20

‘Starfish Sisters’ by J.C.Burke

‘Starfish sisters’ is a book about four girls who get picked for a surfing camp that goes for three weeks. The four girls Kia, Micki, Ace (Courtney) and Georgie or the STARFISH SISTERS (named by Jake the surfing coach) are all in the same room and all have one thing in common: their love for surfing. Kia and Georgie are the only two that know each other from outside the camp. When Georgie get to the camp Kia tells her that Micki, who is only 12, is in their room. Kia was going on about how Micki won’t be able to handle being in a room with older girls and Kia was being mean about Micki behind her back. Georgie is sticking up for Micki saying she may be a really nice girl. Kia also tells Georgie that a Pro-surfer from Ocean Pearl is in their room called Courtney (known as Ace by her friends). Kia was going on about how Ace is the person to be with because she has a hot boyfriend called Tim Parker and she is a good surfer and model. Georgie was trying to tell Kia that Ace might be all stuck up and not be very nice. All the girls find out that it’s not easy making friends with each other. Kia doesn’t like Micki that much even though Kia and Micki’s parents are friends, Kia isn’t getting along with her best friend Georgie because she had a better day at surfing than Kia.

This book is full of surfing, fights and finding friends with in each other. When Micki who only owns one board breaks it in half, the three other starfish sisters decide to hold a fashion parade to raise money to get Micki a new board. When the four girls get picked, as a surfing team will their team win?  With the battle for friendship behind them will this bring them closer friends or enemies? Read STARFISH SISTERS to find out. Michaela, Year 9.

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A group of four normal girls, Georgie, Kia, Micki and Ace are crazy for surfing. They love to surf and they have all been selected for an elite surfing selection camp. Georgie and Kia are best friends from outside the camp and have been placed in the starfish bungalow along with Micki and Ace, who they’ve never met. The camp will be their home for the next three weeks and will be a place where they will share lifelong memories and experiences.

Although Kia and Micki have never meet before, both their fathers are best friends and all Kia’s dad ever talks about is how great Micki is and how she’s an amazing surfer. So when Kia hears that she has to stay in the same bungalow as Micki she is overcome with jealousy and ignores Micki and treats her like she’s nothing. However Georgie was not to happy herself when she heard that Courtney Mcflarne would be in her bungalow. She thought Courtney would be some stuck up girl who’s perfect and pretty and skinny. As the girls get to know each other they realise people may not be as they seem and sometimes secrets are better shared with friends than bottled up inside. “Starfish Sisters” helps you learn about friendships and how to deal with secrets and serious problems. It’s a great book and I personally recommend that teens should read it as it contains good life lessons and has a good storyline.

Leah, Year 9

Three weeks at surfing camp are about to change the lives of four very different girls. The story is told by the four girls in alternating chapters, going from Georgie to Kia to Mikki to Ace, over and over. I think that was a genius move, as I really got to know each of them. Another thing I loved was that I got  the story even though I don’t know anything about surfing, because it was written in such a way that it could’ve been any sport. Georgie is a natural surfer who’s starting to feel the pressure of being great at something. Georgie’s best friend Kia goes on taking the bad things and lets it get to her. Mikki is another natural talent who can’t wait to see if she can get away from the things that are tying her down. And lastly, there is Ace, the girl who seems to have everything together but really doesn’t. The four of them are stuck together in the starfish cabin and form an uneasy friendship as they get to know each other and start to show the cracks in their lives. Shakira, Year 9

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Posted October 20, 2011 by marjk in category Realistic fiction, Student Reviews

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