Gemma

by Noel Streatfeild

Book Overview

Accustomed to a glamorous life as a famous young movie star, eleven-year-old Gemma is horrified when, because of her mother's film career, she is sent to live with her dull and unknown cousins in a small industrial town.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440428599
• ISBN13: 9780440428596
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

charming story of a young actress adapting to family life

"Gemma," the first in a series of four books, is about a young professional actress who, having led a glamorous life, suddenly finds herself, in her early teens, "washed up" and sent to stay with cousins in the industrial town of Headstone. Gemma's adaption to life in the Robinson family, how she changes it and is changed by it, is a delightful and entertaining story, blending humor, warmth, and charm. Dell Yearling would do well to bring the book back into print with its successors.

Gemma

This is a great quick read, and the first of the Gemma series. The series is about Gemma, a once famous child actress and daughter of a movie star. In this book Gemma moves into her cousins home and joins a performing arts school.