In 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. She has been awarded a number of prestigious awards, including the British Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award (for The Illustrated Mum), the Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award (for Double Act, for which she was also highly commended for the Carnegie Medal). Jacqueline Wilson (Author) JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known and hugely popular author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7. What else would you expect?" - Jill Murphy The Bookbag You can't help but root for her as she beats her own path through a rapidly changing world with real heart and determination. a fabulous central character - bright and sparky and an original thinker. So I'm proud to be reviewing her centenary story. And, more than anything else, it felt truthful.
What else would you expect?" - Jill Murphy The Bookbag "Her ability to create interesting, lovable characters who navigate 9 to 12-year-olds through key moments in history is unmatched" The Times "Oh my goodness! Opal Plumstead is Jacqueline Wilson's 100th book! That's prolific, right? I first discovered her work when I read The Illustrated Mum. "Her ability to create interesting, lovable characters who navigate 9 to 12-year-olds through key moments in history is unmatched" The Times "Oh my goodness! Opal Plumstead is Jacqueline Wilson's 100th book! That's prolific, right? I first discovered her work when I read The Illustrated Mum. The brilliantly gripping new story from the bestselling, award-winning Jacqueline Wilson. Opal's world is opened to Mrs Pankhurst, and the fight to give women the right to vote.Īnd when Opal meets Morgan, Mrs Roberts' handsome son, and heir to Fairy Glen- she believes she's found her soulmate.īut the First World War is about to begin, and will change Opal's life for ever. She struggles to get along with her other workers, who think she's snobby and stuck up.īut Opal idolises Mrs Roberts, the factory's beautiful, dignified owner.
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 Plumstead might be plain, but she has always been fiercely intelligent.
Author(s): Jacqueline Wilson Nick Sharratt (Illustrator)įrom the beloved children's author of Hetty Feather, Tracy Beaker and Rose Rivers.
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