Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #170921 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-06
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages

Synopsis
Bindy Mackenzie is the smartest and kindest girl at Ashbury High. She likes to share her knowledge and offers lunchtime advisory sessions in a relaxed setting (the locker room). But when Bindy discovers that, despite all her hard work, nobody likes her, benevolent Bindy is banished ruthless Bindy is about to be unleashed. Bindy records every moment of her new rebellious life in a project from the Philosophical Musings of B. Mackenzie to extracts from her essays.But her scrapbook is also the key to a bizarre mystery with Bindy herself at the centre. Only her friends can help her now. If only she had some. "Becoming Bindy Mackenzie" is the astonishingly original sequel to "Feeling Sorry For Celia" and "Finding Cassie Crazy". As ever, Jaclyn's writing is funny and scary, happy and sad and always fabulously feel-good in the end! A few of the many rave reviews for her previous Macmillan novels: "I absolutely loved it. I wish I had written it" - Marian Keyes. "Funny...moving...compulsive" - The 50 Best Books for Children, "Independent". "Funny, strange and improbably true" - Book of the Month, "J17". "A good-natured who-dunnit. A pacey, tightly woven book" - "TES".

Customer Reviews

Gripping!
I had bought this in hardback for 9.99 and as I started reading I thought to myself, why have I bought this book? But you have to percieveer at first is slow and slightly odd. But as it gets going you are caught up in a whirlwind of excitement and murder plots ?! I won't reveal any more but all I can say is tha this book is a fantastic read and you'd be bonkers not to buy it! A juicy, unexpected reading pleasure! Buy it while you can!

Humorous, Unpredictable and a Fantastic Plot
"Becoming Bindy Mackenzie" is a book about a kind and extremely smart year eleven student. Bindy has always tried to help her peers but one day she realises that actually they might not like her! So Bindy comes up with a plan and records her doings in her scrapbook but the scrapbook begins to reveal a bizarre mystery. Bindy needs the help of some friends but has she got any?

Jaclyn Moriarty writes in the style of letters and transcripts like her previous books. She makes you interested in this unusually girl, Bindy, from the very first page making it an enjoyable read. This book is humorous, interesting and unpredictable with a good plot. In this book we see the return of Elizabeth (Feeling Sorry for Celia) and Emily (Finding Cassie Crazy), this makes it much more enjoyable for those who have read the previous books, and makes you love these characters instantly (no matter what they do) but if you haven't read the other books it doesn't matter, you'll still love the characters. It isn't my favourite book by Jaclyn Moriarty (Finding Cassie Crazy is my favourite) but I still think it's great and would recommend it. Once you've started it, you have to keep reading till it's finished.

Sprinkled with clues
Having read Jaclyn Moriarty's 2 previous novels and loved them, I obviously had to read this one. It didn't disappoint. As with both Feeling Sorry For Celia and Finding Cassie Crazy, Moriarty sprinkles clues throughout her writing that seems insignificant at the time, but later, as everything comes together, makes you go 'oh! of course!'

Admittedly, Becoming Bindy Mackenzie has a slightly more off-the-wall storyline than the other 2, but the mixture of bittersweet teenage drama and humour is perfectly combined.

I also like the continuity from her previous 2 books - the main character of Feeling Sorry For Celia and one of the main characters of Finding Cassie Crazy feature quite prominently in Becoming Bindy Mackenzie - but nothing about the storyline of Becoming will be lost if you've not read the previous 2 books. That just adds to the enjoyment.

All in all, a great read.