Baby Love

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Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings. I've been a Jacqueline Wilson fan since my teens and once again, she doesn't hold back in exploring difficult topics and bringing you on an emotional journey. The fact that no one really asked her how she got pregnant, and even she couldn’t recognise that she’d been assaulted shows how much things have changed but also in some ways, stayed the same. Trying to keep up with Nina gets increasingly difficult as they venture out to cafes and movies in their school holidays. Nina has two brothers, Little Richard (nicknamed after the singer) and older brother Daniel, who is always kind and friendly.

The second half of the novel introduces new characters all caught in the same situation and all thrown into the pain and turmoil of forced adoptions. I enjoyed the story, I thought it was well-paced and one thing I’m extremely happy about is the time we got to spend with Laura before she finds out she is pregnant, as we really get to know her. One of Jacqueline’s most successful and enduring creations has been the famous Tracy Beaker, who first appeared in 1991 in The Story of Tracy Beaker. Polly Crosby tells ReadingZone about her novel, This Tale is Forbidden (Scholastic), a fractured fairy tale set in a dystopian world.I can’t understand how JW can completely understand teenage anxiety and make her characters come to life in such a fluid way. Jacqueline has not stopped making tweens cry since i stopped reading her books which means she is at least consistant.

She lived in a place where there wasn’t much hope and perhaps, she developed much more than I’ve given her grace for.Baby Love is the 100th book from Jacqueline Wilson, and perhaps this iconic children’s novelist toughest read of all. In efforts to stop this book review from turning into an essay, I’ll leave it there with a take home message. Holly BourneNever did I think upon reading this book that I would be so connected, invested and intensely engrossed as I was.

The Illustrated Mum won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, the 1999 Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was also shortlisted for the 1999 Whitbread Children’s Book Award.She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. Never did I think upon reading this book that I would be so connected, invested and intensely engrossed as I was when I picked it up. There are trigger warnings with this, which the author well prepares the reader for and it was a brilliant book.

But I don't think there's anything wrong with happy endings, especially in books for younger audiences. honestly i kind of just read this for the Jacqueline Wilson primary school vibes and i wasn’t disappointed in that aspect because her writing style has not changed or developed whatsoever. The first half of the book builds up a realistic picture of 1960s Britain and takes time to develop the characters, which really helps you to understand the decisions Laura makes over the course of the novel. Reading Jacqueline's work again has really made me think about why we stop reading certain authors at specific ages. This a few months down the line leads to Laura discovering she is pregnant and as the blurb states, it ends up with her being sent away.

Double Act won the prestigious Smarties Medal and the Children’s Book Award as well as being highly commended for the Carnegie Medal.