The Jacqueline Wilson Collection

Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 9780440863779
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Book Description
THE STORY OF TRACY BEAKER I'm Tracy Beaker. This is a book all about me. I'd read it if I were you. It's the most incredible dynamic heart-rending story. Honest... SHORTLISTED FOR THE SMARTIES PRIZE AND CARNEGIE MEDAL Winner of The Oak Tree Award and the Sheffield Children's Book Award THE BED AND BREAKFAST STAR I'm Elsa, and I'm hoping to be a big star one day. I tell jokes all the time to try and cheer my family up. Trouble is, no-one seems to laugh much any more. Not since we lost our lovely house nad had to move into a bed and breakfast hotel... WINNER OF YOUNG TELEGRAPH FULLY BOOKED AWARD Two lively and hilarious tales from one of today's most popular authors for young readers.

Jacqueline Wilson's Funny Girls

Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0440870224
Category : Abandoned children
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Book Description
Ten years old and living in a Children's Home, Tracy Beaker desperately wants to be fostered. She also wants to be a writer and begins to write the story of her life. In the second story Peter has decided he wants Tracy to be his Valentine and he's given her his beloved nan's treasured gold locket. She has the possibility of giving up this treasure to win a karaoke game on live TV. Will she do it? Will she also lose her heart?

Opal Plumstead

Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448196957
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 530

Book Description
Opal Plumstead might be plain, but she has always been fiercely intelligent. Yet her scholarship and dreams of university are snatched away when her father is sent to prison, and fourteen-year-old Opal must start work at the Fairy Glen sweet factory to support her family. Opal struggles to get along with the other workers, who think her snobby and stuck-up. But Opal idolises Mrs Roberts, the factory’s beautiful, dignified owner, who introduces Opal to the legendary Mrs Pankhurst and her fellow Suffragettes. And when Opal meets Morgan - Mrs Roberts’ handsome son, and the heir to Fairy Glen – she believes she has found her soulmate. But the First World War is about to begin, and will change Opal's life for ever. The brilliantly gripping wartime story from the bestselling, award-winning Jacqueline Wilson.

Bad Girls

Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307513718
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Kim’s gang had better watch out! Tanya’s my friend now, and she’ll show them! Mandy has been picked on at school for as long as she can remember, so she is delighted when cheeky, full-of-fun Tanya befriends her. Mum isn’t happy – she thinks Tanya’s a “bad girl” and a bad influence. Is she or isn’t she?

The Bed and Breakfast Star

Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407045369
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29

Book Description
Meet Elsa - The Bed and Breakfast star! 'Hey, when is a door not a door? When it's ajar!' Elsa loves to tell jokes. She KNOWS she's going to be a big star one day - doing what she does best, making people laugh. But, after her family lose their lovely house and move into a bed and breakfast hotel, it seems like no one laughs anymore... Despite their circumstances, Elsa is still determined to be a star! Even if it's just at their run-down bed and breakfast. Written by the beloved, award-winning bestseller, Jacqueline Wilson, The Bed and Breakfast Star is a funny, lively story that sensitively explores family life. This is an hilarious and at the same time exceptionally emotional story - Scribbler

Hetty Feather

Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448193664
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436

Book Description
The mega-bestselling tale of fiery, spirited Victorian foundling, Hetty Feather. London, 1876. Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at the Foundling Hospital. The Hospital cares for abandoned children - but Hetty must first live with a foster family until she is big enough to go to school. Life in the countryside is sometimes hard, but with her foster brothers, Jem and Gideon, Hetty helps in the fields and plays vivid imaginary games. Together they sneak off to visit the travelling circus, and Hetty is mesmerised by the show - especially the stunning Madame Adeline and her performing horses. But Hetty's happiness is threatened once more when she must return to the Foundling Hospital to begin her education. The new life of awful uniforms and terrible food is a struggle for her, and she desperately misses her beloved Jem. But now she has the chance to find her real mother. Could she really be the wonderful Madame Adeline? Or will Hetty find the truth is even more surprising? Jacqueline Wilson will surprise and delight old fans and new with this utterly original historical novel. The first book featuring feisty Victorian heroine, Hetty Feather, this is a compelling, moving, funny and totally fascinating tale that will thrill and captivate readers.

Jacqueline Wilson's Double Decker

Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0440864143
Category : Bullying
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
Meet the terrible twosome, Ruby and Garnet, in DOUBLE ACT twins with identical looks and identical interests, but different hopes&And in BAD GIRLS, there s Mandy who s desperate to escape being teased at school. Friendship with Tanya seems like a great

Sleepovers

Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407043366
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
You're invited to the ultimate sleepover! Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily are friends at school and have their own Alphabet Club (just look at their initials!). Daisy is the newest member and is desperate to fit in, even though Chloe is very unfriendly to her at times. When the girls begin planning sleepover parties for their birthdays, Daisy is dreading her own - she doesn't know what her friends will make of her older sister . . .

Little Darlings

Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448193621
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54

Book Description
Sunset lives a life of luxury with her beautiful ex-model mum, her world-famous rock star dad and her two little celebrity siblings. But life on the red carpet is no compensation for parents who constantly argue, intensive scrutiny from the media, and and having no real friends. Destiny, on the other hand, is an only child living on a rundown estate with a sickly but devoted mum who constantly tells her that she's really the daughter of a famous rock star . . . When the two girls meet in unlikely circumstances, they are surprised to find in each other something they've been missing all their lives . . .

Lola Rose

Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407045687
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
When life with Jayni's violent-tempered father becomes too frightening to cope with, Jayni, her mum and her little brother Kenny are forced to escape in the middle of the night. Slipping out of the house unseen, travelling up to London by train and checking into a hotel - it's almost like playing an elaborate game. They even make up false identities to protect their secret, and Jayni becomes the glamorous-sounding Lola Rose. But when money runs out and reality bites, what will they do next?