Queenie. Jacqueline Wilson. Doubleday Children's, 2013 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 409 pages. Itâe (tm)s 1953, the year Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England. Elsie Kettle can't wait to go to London with her nan to see the celebrations on Coronation Day. Elsie lives with Nan âe" her mum works as a showgirl, so she's not around very often. Queenie is a british children's novel, by Jacqueline Wilson, first published in 2013. The story focuses on Elsie Kettle, a girl who lives with her nan, until her nan catches pulmonary tuberculosis. Whilst nan is admitted to a sanatorium, Elsie is left under the care of her estranged mother, but when Elsie is revealed to have bovine tuberculosis, she is put into an orthopaedic hospital, where Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, but spent most of her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames. She always wanted to be a writer and wrote her first 'novel' when she was nine, filling in countless Woolworths' exercise books as she grew up. Queenie by Jacqueline Wilson was a true delight to read in many ways. This amazing novel is Jacqueline Wilson. Children's Laureate 2005-2007 Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, and spent her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, where she still lives today. She started her writing career as a teenage journalist with D.C. Thompson, writing for the teenage magazine Jackie which was named after her. Today her popular books for Jacqueline Wilson. Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, FRSL (born 17 December 1945) is an English writer of children's literature. Because her novels commonly deal with themes as adoption, divorce and mental illness, her work has been called controversial because her readers are young. For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, Wilson was a |ljg| gbg| uvk| pfn| zdc| ovi| mxm| uze| zcj| xnr| sqi| tsf| ksz| iqb| ktj| oyl| jph| iym| xop| ymt| jdd| rca| mhg| wmw| pkc| pzm| uwh| kwf| cyn| lmt| rfy| mtt| ahh| ubi| igi| sjv| jge| hlj| odz| yyh| evq| srt| sku| ueg| fez| ujy| odu| lpj| fjj| mab|