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Girls Can Vlog #1
Люсі Локет. Онлайн-катастрофа
Родина Люсі щойно переїхала зі Штатів до Англії. На дівчину чекають нові школа, вчителі й однокласники. Дівчина дуже хвилюється, чи добре сприймуть її, чи вдасться знайти друзів. Адже на шляху до спілкування з іншими в Люсі є одна маленька перепона… Та, як виявилося в перший день у школі, не одна… І що б ви думали, порадила дівчині її найкраща подруга зі Штатів? Почати знімати свій влог! Люсі обурена: нізащо, вона вже й так осоромилася! Проте життя — мінлива річ. Читайте про те, чи зможе Люсі завоювати прихильність однолітків, розпочати свій влог, а головне, знайти справжніх подруг і щире кохання. Книга призначена для дітей середнього та старшого шкільного віку.
272 pages, Paperback
First published April 21, 2016
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November 16, 2017
Videorecensione: https://youtu.be/H9-5orM51zU
June 21, 2016
I don't know how I heard about the Girl Can Vlog series, but I'm glad I did, because Lucy Locket's Online Disaster is one of the cutest, sweetest books I've ever read. It's a very young series, aimed at 10-14 year-olds I'd reckon, but can easily be read by anyone older than that; I'm 26 and I read it and enjoyed it. With the rise of the YouTuber (they're everywhere, literally) it was only a matter of time before that became a thing in books, and I'm only slightly surprised that this is the first one I've read - surely there must be more out there?!
What I liked most about Lucy Locket Online Disaster is that Lucy is just a regular girl, in fact, she's even got a stammer, and that isn't glossed over, it doesn't magically disappear, it's there, present, for the entire book, in the writing of scenes, in the vlogs, and I think that's so important for young kids to see that having a stutter isn't the end of the world. And, sure, there will always be the Dakota's of this world, who try and shame you for your impediment, but they're the awful ones really.
I absolutely loved getting to know Lucy, Abby, Jessie and Hermione (in fact, I am most excited about Hermione's book because HELLO! Book worm) but all four girls are amazing, and I love that they go through little hiccups and bumps in their friendship, but it's also the kind of friendship that can sustain bumps in the road, and all friendships have their fair share of bickering and fighting, that's growing up. I loved everything about this book - the story, the way the vlogs were laid out, the little images scattered on all the pages, it was such a fun, quirky, sweet read. Perfect for any youngster (or oldster).
What I liked most about Lucy Locket Online Disaster is that Lucy is just a regular girl, in fact, she's even got a stammer, and that isn't glossed over, it doesn't magically disappear, it's there, present, for the entire book, in the writing of scenes, in the vlogs, and I think that's so important for young kids to see that having a stutter isn't the end of the world. And, sure, there will always be the Dakota's of this world, who try and shame you for your impediment, but they're the awful ones really.
I absolutely loved getting to know Lucy, Abby, Jessie and Hermione (in fact, I am most excited about Hermione's book because HELLO! Book worm) but all four girls are amazing, and I love that they go through little hiccups and bumps in their friendship, but it's also the kind of friendship that can sustain bumps in the road, and all friendships have their fair share of bickering and fighting, that's growing up. I loved everything about this book - the story, the way the vlogs were laid out, the little images scattered on all the pages, it was such a fun, quirky, sweet read. Perfect for any youngster (or oldster).
October 20, 2020
Author: Emma Moss
Age Recommendation: Tween
Topic/ Theme: Self-Confidence, Vlogging
Setting: Springdale Cty (fictional town in country England)
Series: Girls Can Vlog
The plot of Lucy Locket: Online Disaster is simple enough it's a young woman using vlogging to overcome her stammer alongside saving a local business and finding new friendships in a new place. Lucy is a good protagonist she feels realistic and has natural progressions in a soft peer pressure situation. There is the usual bullying and some cyber-bullying dealt with as I would expect, ie Lucy ignores it, expected it almost. While not the ideal, or necessarily a good message to send, it feels very much the world we live in.
It is really well-formatted. Each Vlog marks the end of a chapter. You are given the thumbnail (including run time), a basic play style script, some of the comments with an indication of how many more there are, a view count and a subscriber count. The last two are particularly useful for seeing how Lucy's blog glows and what works and what doesn't for her base.
Of the pot luck books the library sent me this is probably the one I've enjoyed the most so far. To the point where I would think about reading wore in the series as light reads (you know when you get in that mood when you want to read but not anything that makes you think, yeah that is me). It stays in its lane, doesn't challenge the demographic too much and encourages Internet safety. Do I recommend it to everyone? No. But I would recommend it to 15/16 yo.
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October 1, 2024
Omg 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
January 23, 2022
No dobra ... Kolejny reread ! I do tego udany. Wzięłam tą książkę do wieczornego czytania i pochłonęłam jej połowę. Wiem że to nie jest jakieś wielkie dzieło, bo to prawda, ale ona jest taka kochana i ciepła. Chociaż czasem tak zalatywało jakby żywcem była z wattpada(i przez to jedna gwiazdka poleciała) to ta książka jest poprostu miła. Troche również skrócona i mogła być ciut dłuższa, ale możliwe że to jest w dalszych tomach których ja nie czytałam ponieważ nie są wydane w Polsce 😢 a szkoda. Mimo to dostarczyła mi dużej rozrywki, a to jest też ważne. Jeśli chcecie sobie poprawić humor i nie macie dużych oczekiwać to polecam wam serdecznie.
September 18, 2016
A sweet and easy read!
June 21, 2018
In the first book of the series we focus on Lucy who's new to the UK and her school. As she tried to fit in with the girls at her new school, she meets Hermione, Jessie and Abby whom all help her as she sets up her YouTube channel to help document her life and share with her best friend back home, Morgan.
Lucy also helps out at the farm where her mum works as a vet and as a fundraiser comes up the girls hope to raise awareness and get people to attend and donate to save the farm. She also has to deal with her growing crush on farm worker Sam and evil school enemy Dakota whom wants to make Lucy feel bad for her stammer she suffers with.
The girls all set up a collaborative channel too which they call Girl's Can Vlog where they can all upload video's together to share the fun and joy of vlogging.
Overall it was a great start to the series and I loved Lucy and the girls working together and bonding over a now common hobby and interest of vlogging online. It had fun, laughs and love for friends and coping with change as well as health troubles. It was a typical teen read and will satisfy your quick YA read desires!
Lucy also helps out at the farm where her mum works as a vet and as a fundraiser comes up the girls hope to raise awareness and get people to attend and donate to save the farm. She also has to deal with her growing crush on farm worker Sam and evil school enemy Dakota whom wants to make Lucy feel bad for her stammer she suffers with.
The girls all set up a collaborative channel too which they call Girl's Can Vlog where they can all upload video's together to share the fun and joy of vlogging.
Overall it was a great start to the series and I loved Lucy and the girls working together and bonding over a now common hobby and interest of vlogging online. It had fun, laughs and love for friends and coping with change as well as health troubles. It was a typical teen read and will satisfy your quick YA read desires!
September 25, 2019
The book girls can vlog is a book around blogging. The genre is for teen girls and can be slightly counted as romance. It is good for girls aged between 12 and 15. It talks about a girl who moved over from America and she had to leave her best friend. On the first day of the new school all the girls where bullying her and she hated. After a few weeks of making a group of friends, her friend from America said she should try vloging for the first time. She did it and she earns hundreds of followers. The ending of the story ends on a bit of a cliffhanger as she goes to a farms fun raiser and a boy asks her to go for hot chocolates the next weekend. However you never find out what happened. I really enjoyed the book I thought it was fun and really grabbing to the reader.
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January 13, 2019
Lucy's moved back to the UK from the USA but is finding it hard to make friends at her new school, especially as she has a stammer and the "Queen Bee" Dakota and her minions think it's fun to tease her about this. Things come to a head when she slips, lands in a pool of water and Dakota films the whole thing to put online. Morgan, Lucy's friend back in the US, suggests she starts a vlog, especially as she knows Lucy's stammer disappears when she's relaxed … and it's surprisingly successful, much to Dakota's disgust.
A story about friendship and bullying with a bit of romance thrown in. And a threatened Pet Rescue Centre! The format - text messages, emails, scripts of the vlogs - all interspersed with b&w photos make it an easy book to read.
A story about friendship and bullying with a bit of romance thrown in. And a threatened Pet Rescue Centre! The format - text messages, emails, scripts of the vlogs - all interspersed with b&w photos make it an easy book to read.
July 15, 2022
This book, I think, is underrated, as is the entire series. It boosted my confidence in myself so much and my confidence in the fact that I could set up a YouTube channel, which I really want to do. The tips in the back for vlogging are so useful as well. Not only that, it shines a light on how difficult it can be starting in a new school in a new continent or just country. It also emphasized that a stammer has no real impact on your daily life. Lucy is just an ordinary girl, leave her voice alone! Overall a great book for teens and tweens with great morals about confidence and always loving yourself!
May 15, 2017
Lucy et ses complices, sont attachantes. Le style original mélange, de narration, de sms, et mise en forme de vidéo, allant même jusqu'à donner le nombre d'abonnés, et le fameux "voir plus de commentaires". C'est une lecture fraîche et agréable qui saura à coup sûr charmer les adolescents, voir les prés ados. Ce livre, n'est pas passé loin du coup de cœur. Qui m'aime me suive est le premier tome, de la série "Ma vie en vlog", et j'ai déjà hâte de lire les tomes suivants. Une très belle découverte.
December 20, 2020
I thought that the book was sooo fun to read, and I could relate to how getting into a new school and moving a country can be hard for Lucy. The worst part is when you go in on your first day of school thinking that everything will be fine and no one will even notice her, and then you make a FOOL OF YOURSELF! I think that Lucy and her friends are very relatable to me, and I think that many people can also relate to this story very much.
March 18, 2023
Minu meelest oli huvitav raamat. Soovitan lugeda pigem 10-13 aastastel, aga sobib ka teistele (pigem natuke vanematele). Mulle meeldis selle raamatu puhul see, et oli kerge ja arusaadav lugeda ning oli ka pisikesi illustreerivaid pildikesi. Veel jäi mulle meelde Lucy sõprade julgustav suhtumine tema vlogimisse. Lisapunkte andsid raamatule selle lõpus olevad nipid vlogimiseks. Mõne koha peal oli natuke häiriv kirjavigade rohkus, kuid sellegipoolest oli raamat huvitav.
February 19, 2017
Light hearted and a really easy read. I was a little confused at times by the narrative tense of the writing but I don't think this author set out to write a book of classic literature content. This is a great read for low level readers and kids who just don't like to read, it's current topic and teenage angst was both informative and funny. I will recommend it in my school library.
May 7, 2021
Książka jest typowo młodzieżowa. Nie mój gust, oklepana historia opowiadająca o dziewczynie która zaczęła nagrywać na YouTube. Przyjaciółki ją wspierają i pojawia się chłopak w którym sie zakochuje. Gdybym czytała ją pare lat temu, może i bym bardziej ją polubiła, ale mając siedemnaście lat nie przypasowała mi.
August 30, 2018
My daughter borrowed this from the local library as part of the school summer holiday reading challenge. She loved it and read the whole lot in one go. For me it was an eye opener into the areas she is interested in. We've talked about vlogging and utube lots since.
March 10, 2022
Lucy doesn’t treat her friends nicely and she assumed that he asked her on a date. And she accused sam of having a girlfriend and got jealous even though they were just friends and hardly knew each other.
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May 5, 2023
Дуже класна книжка в своєму жанрі!!! Легко читається, промайнула наче за хвилину ;) Особливо сподобалися частини з описами влогів, аж самій захотілося почати знімати такі влоги)))))))))
Рекомендую всім, хто хоче гарно відпочити!
Рекомендую всім, хто хоче гарно відпочити!
May 10, 2025
I fear this was meant for someone ypunger than me but its okay! Still kinda fun but the characters were a bit annoying and childish. I think they didn’t have much depth to them either. The plot was clear but also boring.
November 2, 2018
OMG this was amazing!!!
November 8, 2018
Good one for novice vloggers and teens.
June 2, 2019
Ok mais trop enfantin à mon goût
August 22, 2020
#1 4/5
#2 2.5/5
#2 2.5/5
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August 18, 2022
Loved this book when I was younger!!
December 12, 2022
i was forced to read this at school. i have never felt so cringy
May 22, 2023
2.5
My friend told me to read this and *dramatic sigh* she has the worst taste in books. It wasn't too bad but it could be very cringy at parts. I like how it was sectioned into different vlogs.
My friend told me to read this and *dramatic sigh* she has the worst taste in books. It wasn't too bad but it could be very cringy at parts. I like how it was sectioned into different vlogs.
September 25, 2023
3.75 Nie pamietam kiedy ją czytałam, ale dawno dawno temu. Chyba jakoś tak bym ją wtedy oceniła. Może nawet cała 4?:D
January 2, 2024
It was nice
May 2, 2024
Lucy is net naar een ander land verhuist en begint op een nieuwe school. De eerste dag gaat het meteen helemaal mis en ze zet zichzelf voor schut. Om het helemaal compleet te maken filmt een klasgenoot alles en zet het op YouTube. Als wraak begint Lucy haar eigen kanaal. Tot haar verbazing wordt haar kanaal steeds populairder.
Vloggen is helemaal in. Tegenwoordig doen ontzettend veel mensen het. Ook Lucy begint eindelijk met vloggen. Al snel groeit haar kanaal.
Het leuke is dat de vlogs ook in het boek staan. Zo staan er afbeeldingen bij en de tekst is leuk weergegeven. Verder staat het boek vol met illustraties, mails, brieven en appjes.
Het verhaal zelf heeft weinig diepgang. Dit geldt ook voor de personages. Er wordt heel weinig over iedereen verteld. Ik heb ook geen idee hoe sommige personages eruit zien of hoe oud zij zijn.
Lucy heeft buiten het vloggen zo haar eigen problemen. Ze wordt verliefd op een onbereikbare jongen, heeft een gemeen klasgenootje en ze stottert. De standaard problemen met ouders en school komen ook gewoon aan bod.
Het was niet een speciaal boek maar wel vermakelijk. Waarschijnlijk ga ik de andere delen ook lezen.
Vloggen is helemaal in. Tegenwoordig doen ontzettend veel mensen het. Ook Lucy begint eindelijk met vloggen. Al snel groeit haar kanaal.
Het leuke is dat de vlogs ook in het boek staan. Zo staan er afbeeldingen bij en de tekst is leuk weergegeven. Verder staat het boek vol met illustraties, mails, brieven en appjes.
Het verhaal zelf heeft weinig diepgang. Dit geldt ook voor de personages. Er wordt heel weinig over iedereen verteld. Ik heb ook geen idee hoe sommige personages eruit zien of hoe oud zij zijn.
Lucy heeft buiten het vloggen zo haar eigen problemen. Ze wordt verliefd op een onbereikbare jongen, heeft een gemeen klasgenootje en ze stottert. De standaard problemen met ouders en school komen ook gewoon aan bod.
Het was niet een speciaal boek maar wel vermakelijk. Waarschijnlijk ga ik de andere delen ook lezen.
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