My Secret Diary

My Secret Diary

by Jacqueline Wilson (Author), Nick Sharratt (Illustrator)

Synopsis

A wonderfully written and engaging memoir of Jacqueline Wilson's life as a teenager - her problems with her family, first love, her school life and her friends. Read extracts from her real secret teenage diaries and the stories she wrote as a teenager, to build up a fascinating picture of a real teenager and her inner life. Covering issues as diverse as the songs she danced to and the way she created beehive hairdos to her troubled school life and her parents' problematic relationship. This follows on from the massive success of Jacky Daydream, her first memoir. Written in Jacqueline's usual and inimitable style, this will be fascinating reading for her fans, and for anyone who's interested in life in the UK in the Fifties and Sixties.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Doubleday Childrens
Published: 12 Mar 2009

ISBN 10: 038561442X
ISBN 13: 9780385614429
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: A fabulous account of Jacqueline Wilson's teenage years, told through extracts from her teenage diaries, to follow up the huge bestseller, Jacky Daydream

Author Bio
JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known and hugely popular author. THE ILLUSTRATED MUM was chosen as British Children's Book of the Year in 1999 and was winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award 2000. Jacqueline has won the prestigious Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award for DOUBLE ACT, which was also highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. Jacqueline was awarded an OBE in 2002, was the Children's Laureate for 2005-2007 and was made a Dame in 2008. * 'A brilliant young writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES. * 'Hugely popular with seven to ten year olds: she should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY. * 'Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues' BOOKSELLER