Sebenernya bukan pengen baca yang ini, tapi yang Lola Rose. Tapi ternyata Lolanya ga ada, jadinya baca ini deh.Buku Jacqueline kali ini bikin aku sanggup begadang... lagi! *nguaap*Ceritanya tentang gadis kecil bernama Charlotte, tapi dia lebih suka dipanggil Charlie. Karena menurut dia Charlotte itu nama yang megakuno dan ultramembosankan. Dia tinggal berdua bersama ibunya. Ibunya bekerja di toko elektronik. Namun suatu hari ibunya dipecat, segalanya berubah... sang ibu mesti cari pekerjaan baru demi memenuhi kebutuhan mereka dan melunasi cicilan apartemen. Walau akhirnya bekerja di tiga tempat sekaligus.Masalah datang tak hanya di situ. Charlie punya guru kelas baru. Namanya Miss Beckworth. Guru baru ini sangat tegas. Untuk duduk saja dia sudah mengaturnya sesuai abjad nama belakang anak-anak. Alhasil, Charlie tak bisa duduk dengan teman-teman segengnya. Ultraparahnya, Charlie harus duduk dengan orang yang paling tidak dia suka, Jamie Edwards! Anak cowok yang megasombong dan tukang cari muka ke guru-guru. Belum cukup menyiksa, Miss Beckworth menugaskan murid-muridnya untuk membuat sebuah proyek, yaitu tentang zaman Victoria.Tapi bukan Charlie namanya kalau tak cerdik. Alih-alih membuat proyek tentang zaman Victoria, dia justru membuat sebuah buku harian tentang pengasuh muda seumurannya bernama Charlotte, tapi dengan nama panggilan Lottie. :DKisah Charlie tak hanya sampai di proyeknya. Dia punya sahabat baru, namanya Robin. Anak yang mesti diasuh ibu Charlie. Robin hanya tinggal dengan ayahnya, dan selalu merasa kesepian, maka saat ibu Charlie sedang mengasuhnya sesekali membawa Robin ke apartemen mereka. Robin agak pendiam, dan suka sekali menggambar. Usianya baru lima tahun. Sahabat yang dimilikinya hanya sebuah boneka burung robin. Charlie menyayanginya walau kadang-kadang galak dan menyebalkan pada anak itu. Tapi semua berubah ketika ibunya bertingkah. Berdandan rapi setiap mau ke rumah Robin. Dan seperti anak-anak lain yang menolak ibunya berpacaran, Charlie mulai berulah. :DUlahnya itu yang akhirnya menyadarkan betapa menyebalkan dirinya itu. Betapa dia sangat manja dan seenaknya. Dan akhirnya, dari situ juga dia belajar meminta maaf kepada orang lain. :)Aku tidak pernah punya anggapan buruk tentang diriku sebelumnya. Omonganku mungkin menusuk, aku mungkin suka mengatur, aku bisa galak--tapi aku selalu berpikir aku termasuk orang baik. Kalau ada anak kecil diancam di sekolah, aku selalu menyerang dan membuat si pengancam lari lintang pukang. Kalau ada yang harus diselesaikan, anak-anak berpaling padaku. Semua orang suka aku. Termasuk cowok-cowok.Tapi sekarang aku melakukan tindakan paling kejam di seluruh dunia. Tidak ada gunanya menyesal.Aku selalu kagum dengan cara Madam Jacki menyelam dalam pikiran anak-anak. Apa dulu sewaktu masih anak-anak dia mencatat segala hal yang dialaminya? Karena sewaktu baca buku-bukunya kadang tercetus: ihhh, gw banget! ;DKeunikan buku The Lottie Project masih sama kayak buku-buku Madam Jacki lainnya: ilustrasinya yang megaunik. Makasih buat Om Nick Sharratt. :)Untuk terjemahannya: ultramengesankan :DHebat banget penerjemahnya bisa ngikutin gaya bahasa Madam Jacki di sini. Hihi...
‘The Lottie Project’ is about a young girl (Charlie) who is set a school project on the Victorians. The story is smartly narrated by two characters: Charlie and Lottie (her Victorian character from her project).As Wilson usually does, she has successfully managed to portray issues that may occur within family and school life for young children. Family relations are explored with mothers, grandparents and friends but formation of new relationships and bonds that tie us together are the main focus of the story. The structure of this story is simple enough for children aged 9+ to understand. Advanced readers should be able to appreciate the comparisons drawn between the two different narrators. The story as a whole offers a reasonable amount of content for the Victorians. The life of the rich and poor are explored and comparisons from then to modern day are made. I personally suggest that this book would be excellent for independent background and/or additional support reading whilst studying the Victorians. Pupils could be asked to do their own diary entries or projects for the Victorians or any other historic learning’s.
What do You think about The Lottie Project (2006)?
I really enjoyed this book however it is not one of my favourite Jacqueline Wilson books. Jacqueline used a very intresting storyline of which I found very good. It is about a girl(charlie) who lives with her very young mother (Jo) and she is asked to do a Victorian project and she thinks it will be rubbish but it isn't. Jacqueline has chosen a very hard way of writing her book with using half story/half diary. The lottie project is an interesting and fun book and I can see many of Jacqueline Wilson's young and old fans loving this one too.
—Lisa Smith
I just read this so I could chat about it with one of my daughters who has homework related to her favourite character in books.What a super book for kids! The main plot follows Charlie (don't call her Charlotte) Enright who lives with hardworking single Mum - Jo. As you'd expect, Jacqueline Wilson doesn't pull punches when it comes to the realities of life - redundancies, disapproving grandparents, social prejudices, living in less then desirable areas and Mum finding a boyfriend. The subplot juxtaposes the modern story with Charlie writing a school project, a diary of a Victorian 11 year old called Lottie and her experiences.Put it this way, I was only going to read a few pages and ended up reading the entire book - also, I was supposed to be making the beds!
—Em
I decided to re-read this book for the last few days and I was in utter awe of it. This is a book that although I had read it before several times, I had failed to remember key parts of the plot which made it even more exciting for re-reading. Whenever I am re-reading books, I have to remind myself that I am not the target audience so I mustn't be biased towards the book.For young readers and teenagers, this book is another one that Jacqueline Wilson has successfully allowed each character to make you think of someone you know. Also, the structure of it (one chapter being Charlie's diary and another being her Victorian made-up character for her project, Lottie's, diary) is very convincing and allows you to see how things are similar in feelings between the two time periods, however other things are much different. If I was younger, I would have rated this book as five stars, however because I have ventured out to older authors recently, I will only give this a four out of five rating.
—Hannah
