Don't Call Me Jojo By Tania Mills In the book “Don’t call me Jojo” written by Tania Mills.Everything is going well for Jojo the main character. She feels life is going pretty good until one morning Jojo wakes up to a loud banging on their front door. She is terrified and lies in her bed frozen stiff. The police are now in their sitting room with Jojo’s dad while Jojo's mum and little sister wait in the kitchen, confused by the whole situation. Next thing Jojo knows she finds out her dad is a criminal. She find’s out her favourite birthday present (a cell-phone her parents gave her) was stolen by her dad. Her mum is yelling and screaming at her dad asking why? Jojo is embarrassed and just as she thought things couldn’t get any worse they did....
“Don’t call me Jojo” is a very realistic and powerful story that makes you realize how much some children have to suffer because of a wrong a family member has made. It was written for the teenage age group as younger readers may misinterpret the whole concept and situation.
The main characters in this book are Jojo, her mum, her little sister and her dad .Jojo is a strong willed character who is quite emotional at times. She is really hurt by what her dad has done and cannot believe that they are going to move so that they are closer to the dad when he is in jail doing his sentence. She can not stand to even go and see her dad while he is in jail. Jojo’s mum is devastated by what her husband has done, after he promised her he would never steal again after an earlier incident. She goes and visits her husband in jail every week. Jojo’s little sister is quite oblivious to what has happened to her dad and is a good distraction to take Jojo’s mind off her father.
I really enjoyed this book because it had a good moral which was always stand up for yourself and friends are the people who care about you no matter what and also explained what would happen to some families in real life, when a family member goes to prison. It showed true dedication from the family in supporting the dad when he went to jail, and how important one member of the family can be. Even though at the time Jojo hated the idea that they were moving away from town , she realized it wouldn’t actually matter because everyone at school knew of what her dad had done so it probably wouldn’t be that fun staying there anyway .
In conclusion I would recommend this book to a female who is between the age of 12 and 15 and who enjoys a book with an interesting twist , enjoys books that have a good moral or like books that always keep you hooked by putting in new small or difficult problems. This is a great read for someone who likes to feel that they never want the book to end.
By Jess Maxtone
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