My Secret Diary

My Secret Diary

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

Synopsis

A wonderfully written and engaging teenage memoir: read all about Jacqueline's problems with her family, her first love, her school life and her friends. Read extracts from her real diaries and the stories she wrote as a teenager; learn all about the music and books she loved, her troubled school life and her parents' difficult relationship. Written in Jacqueline's usual and inimitable style, this will be fascinating reading for her fans, and for anyone who's interested in what life in the UK was like in the fifties and sixties.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Corgi Childrens
Published: 04 Mar 2010

ISBN 10: 0552561568
ISBN 13: 9780552561563
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: A fabulous follow-up to the huge bestseller Jacky Daydream, this is an exciting account of Jacqueline Wilson's teenage years, full of revealing diary extracts - perfect for her many thousands of fans!

Media Reviews
Liberally sprinkled with the tiny black and white photos of the time, this is a fascinating insight into the growing pains of a much loved and respected writer * The School Librarian *
Wonderfully written and engaging * Lincolnshire Free Press *
A fascinating peep into the real Ms Wilson * Newbury Weekly News *
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.