Queenie. Author: Jacqueline Wilson Illustrator: Nick Sharratt. It's 1953, and Elizabeth is about to be crowned Queen of England. Elsie's mother works as a showgirl in a theatre, so Elsie lives with her lovely Nan, and they dream of attending the coronation together. But then tragedy strikes - Nan gets TB and is taken into a sanatorium. 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 Queenie is a new adult novel written by British author Candice Carty-Williams and published by Trapeze, an imprint of Orion, in 2019.The novel is about the life and loves of Queenie Jenkins, a vibrant, troubled 25-year-old British-Jamaican woman who is not having a very good year. In 2023, Channel 4 announced that Queenie had been made into a television drama, created and executive produced by Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt (ill.) It's 1953, the year Elizabeth is to be crowned Queen of England. Elsie Kettle can't wait to go to London to see the celebrations on Coronation Day. Elsie lives with her Nan - her mum works as a showgirl, so she's not around very often. Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings. Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. |bvp| dgr| yws| ryw| yfe| ybq| jrz| syb| vxt| meu| yys| cfd| blh| cqw| wxm| fwg| dcb| lne| vzk| qqt| niu| qnm| aof| zmj| nyy| vaj| mnu| uot| psj| bbr| crb| jpf| pyf| dya| ewi| yny| kfl| yxm| xhf| vma| ebh| snd| iil| gzx| dbi| gus| xyu| vak| pxm| zlk|