The Wedding Planner's Daughter

by Coleen Murtagh Paratore

Book Overview

Twelve-year-old Willa Havisham is a classics reader, a cherry-cordial eater, and quite possibly the world's worst wisher. But when she and her glamorous single mother, Stella, move to Bramble, Cape... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141691854X
• ISBN13: 9781416918547
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8

Customer Reviews

Romantic Comedy

This is thwe best book I have evr read n my whole entire life. It is about a girl who moves around alot because her mom is a wedding planner. She has a crush on a guy and she also tries her hardest to get her mom and her teacher, Sam, together. True romance and laughter are revealed in this book you`ll have to read it to find out if Sam and her mom get married and if she ends up with her crush!

I LOVE THIS BOOK!

I love this book SO MUCH! As a teen with a single mother, I can really relate to Willa's fealings. You really get to know the charecter, with I like. This book is amazing and beautifly written, and I would recoment it to anyone. If you are a teen looking to buy a book, or a parent looking to buy a book for there teen, I would recomend this book.

Touching

I am an eleven year old fifth grader. Willafred, who likes to be called Willa, is a preeteen soon to be teen, who wishes everyone is happy. She wishes her mother had a man after a dramatic hot air balloon accident during their honeymoon.Estelle, who likes to be called Stella is scared of ever falling in love again and having a prince charming not ever be good enough for her. She keeps herself busy on purpose, drowning herself in all of her wedding designs. Willa is always sad about moving. Once she moves to Cape Cod and meets a best friend Tina, she thinks everything will change. She lives in fear of a dreaded statue look in her mothers face, which means she will have to move again. But just when mother meets a wonderfull seventh grade English teacher, she starts to really like him, still scared she starts to get to know him more. Then finally, the wedding of a life time gets destroyed, they must move, again. Read more about everyone and how Willa is coping with everything in The Wedding Planner's Daughter, my favorite book in the world.

A Great Book

I loved this book very much. I wish it didn't have to end! It was so great and I loved it. It was a pleasure to read it.

Adorable New Book for Middle Readers

Twelve-year-old Willafred "Willa" Havisham has a passion for cherry cordials, classics, and is the worst wish maker in the entire world. That is, until Willa and her glamorous, wedding planner mother, Stella Havisham, move to quaint Bramble, Cape Cod. Suddenly, everything that Willa wishes for begins to come true: she has a best friend for the first time in her entire life, Tina. Stella is falling for "The Poet," also known as Willa's English teacher, Sam - who would make the best possible father in the entire world! Her crush, Joseph, seems to actually like her back, and she's finally getting the chance to bond with her candy-making Grandmother - who is actually quite hip. Willa couldn't be happier, that is, until she lets a secret slip, and suddenly her whole world - and that of the loved ones around her - is flipped upside down, leaving her with a HUGE amount of damage that only she can fix. I loved the brief summary that I read about this book a few months ago, and must admit, that the cover illustration totally drove me wild - it's SO cute - so I knew that I would just have to read Coleen Murtagh Paratore's THE WEDDING PLANNER'S DAUGHTER, and boy am I glad that I did. Willa is the perfect character, smart, funny, cute, and super friendly. I loved the fact that she was a fan of the classics - so am I - as I found that I had read all of the books that she recommends to readers on the very last page. Paratore has done an amazing job with THE WEDDING PLANNER'S DAUGHTER, and I hope that she continues to write more about Willa's wonky adventures, as I'd love to give them a read. Erika Sorocco Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper