This weeks book of the week goes to Opal Plumstead, Written By Jacqueline Wilson and Illustrated by Nick Sharatt. It is a truly moving book with good and bad things happening every chapter. Poor Opal Plumstead has had a rough couple of years but every cloud has a silver lining when Morgan comes along. But something will happen to Morgan that will change her path in life.
Here is the blurb about the book if you would like to read it yourself:
Blurb:
Opal is a bright intelligent fourteen year old girl living in Edwardian Britain. But when her father is sent to prison for embezzlement she is forced to leave her scholarship and start work at Fairy Glen sweet factory. It is here that she is tormented, bullied and alienated from her former society. However, it is also here that she befriends Mrs Roberts and falls in love with her son, Morgan who she believes is her soulmate.Opal is a bright intelligent fourteen year old girl living in Edwardian Britain. But when her father is sent to prison for embezzlement she is forced to leave her scholarship and start work at Fairy Glen sweet factory. It is here that she is tormented, bullied and alienated from her former society. However, it is also here that she befriends Mrs Roberts and falls in love with her son, Morgan who she believes is her soulmate.
Reviews:
'This was Jacqueline Wilson's 100th book. It was also undoubtably one of her best, it's cleverly written with lots of description and links to real issues that happened in 1913-1914.'
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