The Greatest Store in the World

by Alex Shearer

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340743360
• ISBN13: 9780340743362
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Not Avail
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

this book is good (original...not)

ok i basically just want to ask if anyone knows where I can get a copy of the film that was on TV based on this book over Christmas a few years back. I remember really enjoying it as a kid and I've read the book, (which by the way is v. good and so not just for 8 year olds!!)If anyone could help that would be great. But I spose I better write about the book which is set in a huge department store and follows the lives of Livvy, Angeline and their Mum, as they take part in an adventure, centered around the department store where they are living ileagally. They find themselves at the centre of a burgulary, struggling with the decision to call the police and hand themselves and the robbers in or see if they can fight them off on their own. This is a bit slow moving in parts but I loved the idea of living in a department store like Harrods. It also touches on certain issues like homelessness and is an all round good read. My favourite characters are Mr Whiskers and Angeline, who bring some light comody to what is a really good fun and light herated book.

A Shopping Trip to Remember

As a child, I longed to linger in department stores beyond closing hours: I always wondered what it would be like to explore when no one was around!Now, Alex Shearer has provided me with my childhood fantasy. The Williams family not only gets to explore "the greatest store in the world," they get to live there, as well.Shearer provides the reader with an entertaining and fast paced look at what really is a serious issue: homelessness. Olivia, Angeline, and their mom literally have nowhere to live when they take up residence at Scottley's Department Store. Shearer manages to infuse the situation with warmth, honesty, and compassion as the girls and their mother struggle to stay hidden, eat well, and maintain a standard of living. Their adventures are permeated with a sense of humor, realism, and fantasy, all at the same time. When their adventure begins to sour, the reader knows somehow, someway, there will be a happy ending.This book is a real find for those of us who envision large stores as playgrounds after hours!