A Greyhound of a Girl Award-winning author by Roddy Doyle (author)

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Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling novels: including A Star Called Henry, The Commitments and The Van. This is his third book for children published by Scholastic.

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1. Spidergirl
   on 7 March 2014

   I would recommend this book to ppl

   4 out of 5

2. booksrule1
   on 8 September 2013

   it really touched me i would recommend this book to anyone who loves mystery and trajeck loss

   5 out of 5

3. Magicme11
   on 4 March 2013

   I kind of did not understand it,but I got the hang of it somehow.A great read.

   4 out of 5

4. victoria22
   on 7 March 2012

   A sentimental story of a girl whose best friend has just moved away, and her grandmother is dying. Roddy Doyle has a lovely gentle writing style and it is a joy to read.

   5 out of 5

5. Book-Club-Review-Team
   on 5 September 2011

   This book captured the Irish culture perfectly. Roddy Doyle is one of the truly great writers of this generation.

   Aysha, age 12

   Having enjoyed ‘The Giggler Treatment’ by Roddy Doyle, I was really looking forward to reading this book. It’s a story exploring the relationships between four generations of women in an Irish family. Mary is the youngest of them and her granny Emer is in hospital. I liked the way that some of the chapters went back to different characters’ memories of the past. The story was sometimes funny and sometimes sad.

   I found this book intriguing because it had a ghost in it. I could imagine how Mary felt because my grannie was in hospital too as I was reading the last few chapters.

   I would recommend this book to anyone who likes reading stories about families and the past.

   Lettie, age 11

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