She is now one of Britain’s bestselling and most beloved children’s authors. Jacqueline Wilson (Author) Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. A brilliantly gripping wartime story from the bestselling, award-winning Jacqueline Wilson. But the First World War is about to begin, and will change Opal's life for ever. And when Opal meets Morgan, Mrs Roberts’ handsome son, and heir to Fairy Glen- she believes she’s found her soulmate. Read more Opal’s world is opened to Mrs Pankhurst, and the fight to give women the right to vote. The best thing about Mrs Roberts? She’s a suffragette!. But Opal idolises Mrs Roberts, the factory’s beautiful, dignified owner. She struggles to get along with her other workers, who think she’s snobby and stuck up. Yet her scholarship and dreams of university are snatched away when her father is sent to prison, and fourteen-year-old Opal must start work at the Fairy Glen sweet factory to support her family. Opal Plumstead might be plain, but she has always been fiercely intelligent. From the beloved children’s author of Hetty Feather, Tracy Beaker and Rose Rivers. Description for Opal Plumstead Paperback.
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