
Gudrun Mebs
Author of Sunday's Child
About the Author
Works by Gudrun Mebs
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1944-01-08
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Bad Mergentheim, Germany
- Associated Place (for map)
- Bad Mergentheim, Germany
Members
Reviews
Jenny lives in an orphanage, surrounded by children who get to visit their 'Sunday Foster Families' while she stays back on her own. Until one day, a woman comes to be Jenny's 'Sunday Mommy,' and Jenny learns to love and be loved by Laura, and eccentric writer of children's books.
It seems that there was a time in the 1980s when writing about children in foster care was a trend. This middle grade book fits into that category, but there are better examples of the subgenre out there. Here the show more characters seem trope-ish and flat, and the author's attempt to write in the voice of an eight-year-old doesn't quite succeed. The plot is too simplistic as well, I think: Jenny is sad then she meets Laura and is happy, with a slightly strange attempt at conflict tagged on just before the Happy Ending. So yeah, if you want to explore MG books with foster care as a main subject, I'd look elsewhere. show less
It seems that there was a time in the 1980s when writing about children in foster care was a trend. This middle grade book fits into that category, but there are better examples of the subgenre out there. Here the show more characters seem trope-ish and flat, and the author's attempt to write in the voice of an eight-year-old doesn't quite succeed. The plot is too simplistic as well, I think: Jenny is sad then she meets Laura and is happy, with a slightly strange attempt at conflict tagged on just before the Happy Ending. So yeah, if you want to explore MG books with foster care as a main subject, I'd look elsewhere. show less
Пятилетний Фридер - неугомонный любопытный мальчишка, непоседа и проказник. Стоит бабушке заняться делом: начать готовить есть или отправиться поливать цветы, - он тут как тут. А если его нет рядом, то он, скорее всего, уже рвёт цветы с бабушкиной клумбы, мечтая её show more порадовать, потому что Фридер очень любит свою бабушку! И она - самая лучшая бабушка на свете - тоже обожает своего негодника! Гудрун Мебс - автор более 20 книг, награждена Немецкой детской литературной премией, медалью Януша Корчака, Швейцарской детской книжной премией, Австрийской государственной премией. Самые известные её книги переведены на 24 языка. show less
Lists
Awards
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 36
- Members
- 269
- Popularity
- #85,898
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 109
- Languages
- 11



















