The Suitcase Kid

The Suitcase Kid

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

Synopsis

A story about the increasingly familiar problem for children, of facing the upheaveal when parents divorce, and having to fit in with two new families. By the author of The Story of Tracy Beaker, which was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, the Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal.

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4 in stock

More Information

Format: paperback
Publisher: Yearling
Published:

ISBN 10: 0440867738
ISBN 13: 9780440867739
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: A sensitive and humorous story about a girl's struggle to readjust to her new life after her parents' divorce, from award-winning author Jacqueline Wilson.
Prizes: Winner of Children's Book Award 1992. Shortlisted for Carnegie Medal 1993.

Media Reviews
Gripping, funny and sensitively written * Independent on Sunday *
A modern story, realistic with lots of witty, offbeat humour * Daily Telegraph *
A witty and moving tale of divorce * The Times *
A deeply moving account of a child's agony and bewilderment as she suffers from her parents' divorce. Feelings tumble out in a cascade of experiences, at once painful and funny. Language is racy and modern, superbly capturing the experience of many children today * Junior Education *
There's a bittersweet symmetry in [Andy's] defiant, touchingly manipulative and funny account of how she comes to terms with it all. Charming stylised illustrations by Nick Sharratt * Guardian *
Author Bio
JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known and hugely popular author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7. 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). In 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. She was the author most borrowed from British libraries in the last decade. 'A brilliant writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES. '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.