Janey's Girl

by Gayle Friesen

Book Overview

Fourteen-year-old Claire and her mother, Jane, are on their way across the country to visit Claire's grandmother. As they approach the family farm, Claire watches her mother become more and more... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550744615
• ISBN13: 9781550744613
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

This book ROCKED to begin with..

I'm a kid, so maybe you don't want to take my review seriously. But whatever. Onto the review... THIS BOOK ROCKED. It centers around a fourteen-year-old girl, Claire who spends her summer at her grandmother's farm, where she learns the memories and past that lived there. She has many questions and is given all sorts of incomplete answers.Who is the man with her hair and eyes? Why did her mother give up her music when she had such a gift and obsession for it? And why is her mother so reluctant on unravelling the truth on exactly who Claire's father is and Claire's grandfather? Curious? Well then, read the book. And get the answers to Claire's questions.

the best book!

This book is the best! the best thing about it is that the characters are so real. Reading it, you feel like you're there and you're Claire and you're experiencing everything that she is. It's a really nice book to read, especially because the setting is so bright and happy. There's even a little romance ;-)

Great YA fiction

"Janie's Girl" was a great novel, similar to Naylor's "Ice", which I'd also definitely recommend. Claire, 14, and her single mother decide to go visit her grandmother's farm for the summer, and Claire is very excited, having never really known her grandmother. There, she begins to discover the secrets of her family: who her father was, what her grandfather was like, how her mother's life was as a girl, and why she never knew these things.Throughout this book, Claire also deals with a friend sick with leukemia, family ties, and a romance with a "farmboy" neighbor. An excellent read for any teenager!

A very delightful book to read

I enjoyed reading Janey's Girl a lot. At first it is just like any other book, but once you get to the end you just can't put it down. I enjoyed everything about it. The romance, the humor, and drama combined all into one book made it even more worth reading. It is sure to please you no matter what. I would highly recommend it to anyone in the ages of 10 to 15. Whatever you do, if you pick this book up to read, don't start it in the night cause you won't be able to put it down. I think you should make a sequel to it. If there were, I would definitely read it. Janey's Girl is and was definitely worth reading. Well done Gayle Friesen, you definitely have something to be proud of.

Definately worth the read!

Excellent plot, wery well written! I had to read this for school, and I usually don't like the books the school recommends, but this is one of the exceptions! Clever, witty, and real, it is for anyone who likes to read or finds reading boring. Janey's Girl will capture you, and I guarantee that you won't be able to put it down! I couldn't, and I stayed up until 2:00 a.m. reading it. An excellent gift idea, or a great purchase for a pleasure read.