Floss has decided to stay in London to help her amusingly creative, inept father run his failing, greasy spoon café rather than move to Australia with her mom, prosperous stepfather, and new brother. At school, she loses her superficial, snob friends, but she makes friends with smart, sensitive Susan. After several tough trials, Floss’s father finally puts the divorce behind him, meets cotton-candy maker and fortune-teller Rose, and the three make a plan for the future. Each chapter opens with comic-book sketches that preview the action. “Floss’s Glossary” helps readers with unfamiliar British terms. 2008 USBBY Outstanding International Books List. mjw

Originally published by Doubleday Great Britain, in 2006.

CHOOSING BETWEEN PARENTS AND FRIENDS Candyfloss is the perfect introduction to jacqueline Wilson. When Floss's mother and stepfather announce they are moving to Australia for six months, Floss has to decide whether to go with them or stay home with Dad--inept, but loving and always lots of fun. And how will her choice affect her friendship with her popular but not-so-loyal best friend, Rhiannon? About girls everywhere, for girls everywhere, Candyfloss speaks in universals: it's about friendship, family, and growing up in a complicated world. Like all Wilson's novels, it has an honesty and cheerful integrity that offers a real alternative to the materialistic values of so much fiction aimed at girls.