Midnight - Jacqueline Wilson

Midnight is the story of Violet & her relationship with her beloved but manipulative & faintly sinister brother, who has a secret from his past that has rocked their whole family. Violet is lonely & adores her brother, but when she makes friends with the new girl at school who is exciting & sophisticated the dynamic between them changes forever & emotions come to a head. Interwoven with the story of Violet's relationships is her love for the fairy books written by her hero Casper Dream. Illustrations from the fairy books head each chapter & the fairy models that she sews are almost characters in their own right, while at the end of ...  Read the complete review

Quite a few years ago I was mad for all the Jacqueline Wilson books and I still love reading them even now! Midnight is a story about a girl called violet who loves an author called Casper Dream and all his books about fairies. Now she was growing older and in high school she felt she was too old for these old fairy stories and as she always looked to her brother, Will, for companionship she realises how much they have grown apart and how she wants proper friends. Then a new and mesmerising girl, Jasmine, joins her school and they end up becoming best friends but how will their friendship hold out when Jasmine takes a shine to Will? It is a truly ...  Read the complete review

My friend got Midnight for her birthday a few years back, but before she got the change to read it, I had borrowed it! I love Jacqueline Wilson and her unique style, and could not wait to bury my face in this book too! In Midnight, Violet like to dream and fantasize. For years she stuck by her brother Will, but things are changing in Will's life which means he is not always there for her now. Violet starts to fantasize more until new girl Jasmine arrives at school. Can Jasmine help Violet float back down to earth, or is she just there to cause trouble? This book is aimed at the slightly older readers, about age 12. Though saying that, even now I ...  Read the complete review