Monster Eyeballs

by Jacqueline Wilson, Stephen Lewis (Illustrator)

Mark is the class bully. He loves scaring everyone. But has he met his match with Kate and the Monster Eyeballs?

Genres: Fiction, Childrens

48 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2012

About the author

Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, but spent most of her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames. She always wanted to be a writer and wrote her first ‘novel’ when she was nine, filling in countless Woolworths’ exercise books as she grew up. As a teenager she started work for a magazine publishing company and then went on to work as a journalist on Jackie magazine (which she was told was named after her!) before turning to writing novels full-time.

One of Jacqueline’s most successful and enduring creations has been the famous Tracy Beaker, who first appeared in 1991 in The Story of Tracy Beaker. This was also the first of her books to be illustrated by Nick Sharratt. Since then Jacqueline has been on countless awards shortlists and has gone on to win many awards. The Illustrated Mum won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, the 1999 Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was also shortlisted for the 1999 Whitbread Children’s Book Award.

Double Act won the prestigious Smarties Medal and the Children’s Book Award as well as being highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. The Story of Tracy Beaker won the 2002 Blue Peter People’s Choice Award.

Jacqueline is one of the nation’s favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. She has sold millions of books and in the UK alone the total now stands at over 35 million!

In 2002 Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she was the Children’s Laureate. In 2008 she became Dame Jacqueline Wilson.

Reviews

[Tehreem Tahir · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had to read this for university and it was okay.. I think Jacqueline Wilson is better at writing for a more mature audience but I'm not the audience this book is targeted towards.

"He wished he hadn't been so nasty to her before."

[Armana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed reading

[Emkoshka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read with my Turkish host family's children. Reading about Kate's experiences at school and her friendship with Amy was nice, but then it took ages to get to the one-page pay-off suggested by the front cover and the writing felt a bit formulaic and rote-like when it came to describing the party. The scene with the 'eyeballs' reminded me of a similar scene in The Simpsons.

[Steven Fox · Rating 4 out of 5]

A story about a girl who loves school until she starts getting bullied, but gets her own back in the end.

[Vita Luna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A small book I read while sick, it was a good quick read promoting friendship over bullying <3

[Simona Perri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Libro carino e interessante per bambini ma secondo me per una fascia d’età più piccola di quella consigliata