Rippin, Sally-Publication date: 28/02/2011 ISBN: 9781921758058, Text Publishing
What a beautiful, beautiful book. Sally Rippin has such a delightfully lyrical quality to her writing style, a cadence, that is best described as melodic. Angel Creek is no exception. It has just enough of everything…adventure, intrigue, a surprising (and refreshing) take on what Angels might be like, friendship, heartache and lots of giggles.
Angel Creek, really does have it all in terms of choosing a subject to hook those junior reluctant readers and rest assured that boys will enjoy this little novel as much as girls will. For those who love to read and are always looking for something new, Angel Creek will be a lovely addition to their reading list.
Jelly, Gino and Pik are vibrant, warm characters that endear themselves to the reader right from the outset.There is a magical family dynamic in Angel Creek that reminded me of Melina Marchetta and Glenda Millard.
Teachers will adore Angel Creek. Rich with teaching possibilities, I was delighted by the frequency of Sally’s use of similes, something not often seen these days. Angel Creek has many moral issues that lend themselves to valuable classroom discussions, and at the very least, will get your students thinking about the factors that determine when is something right and when is something wrong. Shared reading of Angel Creek could lead to discussions of environment, family, friendship, love and belief systems.
In short, I LOVED it. And so will you 
Wonderful review Tye! So glady you loved it as I have been eagerly awaiting the release of this book and this is the first review I have read for it
Thanks Nic! Its is a truly gorgeous book. It made me wanna squish it, and make it my little squishy…
Tis funny cos I gave it to one of my students on Friday and she read it over the weekend and now they are sitting at my desk talking about it! They loved it too!
Oh, thank you, Tye! What a beautiful review. I am absolutely thrilled that you liked it! A little bird told me that you might have been planning to come to my launch on Saturday? Were you there? Did I miss you? I would have loved to meet you!
Thank you Sally for writing such a delightful book! I was hoping to be there, but I was unable to make it sadly
I would have LOVED to have been there though.
I heard it was a wonderful success though and that your cupcakes were to die for!
Oh ~ WANT
It sounds just fabulous and beautiful. I hope I can get my hands on a copy soon
LOVED the review Ty
Tye – would I be able to put your beautiful review on my website?
Thanks for posting the trailer today, too! Did you know my teenage son made that for me? (Proud mother!)
Sally, I would be incredibly flattered if you put my review on your site! Thank you
It is a lovely trailer, I showed it to my students this afternoon! The recognised iMovie right away! He did a wonderful job
(us Mums get to be proud, tis a perk of bringing such amazing people into the world)
I loved Angel Creek too! A truly beautiful book.
Isn’t it though?
So glad you loved it