Lola Rose - Jacqueline Wilson

Jaqueline Wilson is an amazing writer, and has won multiple awards for her books. Her books are mostly aimed at pre-teens although she has also written a few books for older teenagers. I bought this book when I was 12 (2003, when it was first published). I had always loved Jaqueline Wilson books, which was he reasn I bought it. It's still on my shelf now, so I've re-read it and I still love it as much as I used to! I have the hardbook version and the paperbook front cover is different to mine! The paperbook version looks like it's for a younger audience. The book covers the issue on violent parents. Jayni is 11 (I think! Well she's in year 6 so ...

I must confess to a weakness for Jacqueline Wilson books. Brightly covered as the covers are, they're very clearly marketed at girls of nine to twelve. Adults who dare dig inside those bright covers though will find some very good writing hidden there. She specialises in stories of children in trouble. Instead of children running from smugglers and pirates though, as it would have been in my Famous Five daysas a kid, these are kids more often put into hard situations by adults. In Jayni's case, it's her Dad. He's been hitting her mum for a long time now, but when hehits her too one night, her mum tells herto pack up her things, takes her and her ...

Jacqueline Wilson books are about sad stories that can really touch your heart, they are mainly about children that have hard lives because of family reasons and are beautifully illustrated with colourful pictures by Nick Sharratt. Lola Rose is a heart breaking story even though it ends quite well, it is about a family that is having a bad time because of their dad, he is always hitting Nikki, Jayni and Kenny's Mum, Jayni decides to call herself Lola Rose because it sounds like a pretty cool girl's name that isn't scared of anything. One day Lola Rose's mum was buying a scratch card as usual when they got out the newsagent she saw that she had won ...