My Sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson

   Ok, the book that I am now reading is called My Sister Jodie. It is by Jacqueline Wilson. There are two main charcters, Jodie and Pearl, and lots of other characters like their parents. I like Pearl because she has a creative imagination and is super nice. However, even though her and Jodie are sisters, I'm not sure if I'm too keen on Jodie.
   Apparently, Jodie used to be a really well behaved student, but then got in with the bad crowd of her school. Her father once said "she's no worse than her mates at school" when her mum was angry with her, but then her mum answered "Quite.....half of them are in trouble with the police". Also, it says in the book "I knew she and her friends had been caught smoking once or twice, and sometimes they sneaked out of school at lunch time to go and get chips and didn't always bother to go back again". Is it just me or is that the sort of person who later turns into someone who goes to jail, if they stay on that track? Also, Jodie lied to her parents and said that she was going to a youth club with her friends (these friends are the naughty ones) but she actually went to an under 18 club. She promised her parents that she would be back from the "youth club" by half ten (p.m) but didn't arrive until midnight. When she eventually arrived, she came back drunk!!! Her mother even yelled "drunk" at her and slapped her in the face!
   You can probably see why I'm not really liking Jodie that much. I really hate that she smokes and skips school, but she also doesn't want to do it. She only does it to look cool. It even says in the book "Jodie didn't even like smoking, she told me privately; it made her feel sick and dizzy, and she also said that the school chips were much better than the pale greasy ones in polystyrene pouches from the chippy, but she was trying to keep in with Marie and Siobhan and Shanice." Those three are really bad and super tough girls.
   I don't know why but I have a feeling that by the end of the book, Jodie will see the light and become a way better non-drunk teenager. I think that her younger sister Pearl will have something to do with why she changed. I am definantly going to continue reading the book because it seems good :).