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The Pavee and the Buffer Girl by Siobhan Dowd

gabyk_lib's review

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4.0

a sweetly told story about the travelling community. Worth picking up.

jenpinbowling's review

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4.0

really enjoyable for a first graphic novel read

maireador20's review

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5.0

A simple, poignant tale with gorgeous watercolour illustrations that beautifully captures the experiences of being an outsider at secondary school. This heartfelt tribute to the travelling community would be a wonderful text to use for classroom discussions about diversity and prejudice with pupils in Upper primary/ junior secondary classes. Suitable readers aged 12+ I believe this is a must have in all school libraries and I can't wait to recommend it to my teacher colleagues.

bealittlebrave's review

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4.0

Picked this up on a whim and thought it was quite lovely.

piperbunny's review

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4.0

Beautiful BEAUTIFUL book. I loved the illustrations and the message.

hellohannah's review

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challenging emotional funny informative sad

4.0

erika_kate's review

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3.0

—> 3.5 out of 5

This is a beautifully illustrated short story centred around a gypsy boy, who comes to live in a small town in Ireland.

I am going through a really rough time at the moment with exams and so I wanted something relaxing, which would help me feel all warm inside.

Mission accomplished ☑️

kitkatscanread's review

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5.0

I actually really enjoyed this book!
I am totally honoured to have read a book by this amazing author who originally wrote A Monster Calls.
This is an interesting story about Irish gypsies and how they are treated because of history.
Two of the children start at a school and are picked on.
Jim meets a girl who sees him as normal and they develop a great friendship.
It's great to see how two children from different backgrounds get along.
The illustrations in this as well are fantastic.
A really good enjoyable read! :)

sophielouiseslaterevans's review

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5.0

I really enjoyed this book. Such an easy read with beautiful illustrations.

If you want a book about diversity this is a great read, a story of how a gypsy traveller boy is treated unfairly because of his background.

stefania79's review against another edition

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5.0

Hi