Book info

• Title Paradise Lodge
• Author Nina Stibbe
• Year 2016
• Genre Humour

Working in a care home is not really a suitable job for a schoolgirl but 15-year-old Lizzie Vogel went for it. It just seemed too exhausting to commit to being a full-time girlfriend or a punk (it is the 1970s after all), plus she has some knowledge of old people. They're not suited to granary bread, and you mustn't compare them to toddlers, but she doesn't know there's a right way to get someone out of the bath - or what to do when someone dies. When a rival old people's home with better parking and daily chairobics threatens to take all their residents, Paradise Lodge's cast of staff and helpers have to come together to save the home before it's too late.

Thoughts

The second book in the series about Lizzie Vogel is just as good as the first. Slightly older now, our intrepid heroine gets a part time (although tends to take up a significant amount of her time) job at an old people’s home, and the book is filled with stories about the characters within, both residents and staff. There are inklings of romance as well, and the continuing adventures of having a difficult family to deal with. Loved it and can’t wait to read the next one.

Rating: 4 / 5