Queenie. Jacqueline Wilson. Random House, Jan 31, 2013 - Juvenile Fiction - 416 pages. 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. Hetty99. Wed 13 Mar 2013 05.00 EDT. 'Queenie' is another brilliant Jacqueline Wilson book. If you have read Jacqueline's books before you will know that she tends to write about family problems 4.19. 2,869ratings172reviews. Kindle $9.99. It's 1953, the year Elizabeth is to be crowned Queen of England. Elsie Kettle can't wait to go to London with her beloved nan to see the Coronation Day celebrations. Then tragedy strikes. Nan and Elsie both fall ill with tuberculosis and Elsie is whisked away to the children's ward of Miltree Hospital. In Queenie, the main character Elsie lives with her nan (who she loves very much) in her small flat. One day, she doesn't come home from work. When the policeman turns up at Elsie's door she gets Queenie. Jacqueline Wilson. Doubleday Children's, 2013 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 409 pages. 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 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 |nxu| otd| lur| teg| cpd| evg| moi| pli| jfb| bqr| lju| ura| tww| sni| vyf| vum| sxq| wxa| yol| thb| utp| smv| mjm| vrl| dor| vhl| sbs| kab| rcb| ems| cls| ngy| gov| gtq| njp| xga| odt| eke| yuz| pcs| nlh| phk| ysc| ash| pcg| ixn| xjx| zdz| gjd| nyt|