A heartbreaking, compelling and timely story for older readers about teen pregnancy, family trouble and unlikely friendships, set in 1960
Laura Peterson doesn’t feel like a little girl anymore, even if her mum keeps calling her one. With the summer holidays stretching out before her, she can’t wait to spend time with her new best friend Nina. When Nina returns from a holiday in France, she’s boy-crazy and Laura wants no part of it.
But, after one fateful afternoon at the local lido, Laura’s life is changed forever. Keeping her worries secret for months, things start to change – first her moods, and then her body. She isn't prepared for what she learns next – and doesn't even know how it could have happened. Her horrified parents send her away to a Mother and Baby home to save them all from shame. There Laura meets girls just like herself and they become a family for each other at the most difficult time in their lives.
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. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold. As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children's Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children's Laureate, and, in 2008, she was appointed a Dame. Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings.
The world of Jacqueline Wilson
UK Publisher: PRH, March 2022
Editor: Kelly Hurst
Primary Agent: Caroline Walsh
Film/TV Agent: Haworth Agency
Extent: 496 pages
Co-agents: Chinese - Bardon Media Agency; Japanese - Tuttle Mori
Rights Sold: Romanian - Editura Art
