Queenie

by Jacqueline Wilson
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Queenie, Jacqueline Wilson

The brilliant and highly anticipated new novel from award-winning, bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson, set in the children's ward of a 1950's hospital.

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  • Trade Paperback
    $34.99 RRP
    ISBN: 9780857531124
    Published: 15/02/2013
    Imprint: Doubleday Childrens
    Extent: 416 pages
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    ISBN: 9780857531117
    Published: 15/02/2013
    Imprint: Doubleday Childrens
    Extent: 416 pages
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It'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 – her mum works as a showgirl, so she's not around very often. Spirited and imaginative, but often lonely, Elsie longs for a best friend. Luckily, she and Nan are very close; Elsie just wishes she was allowed a cat to keep her company sometimes.

Then tragedy strikes. Nan and Elsie both fall ill, and Elsie finds herself whisked away to the children's ward of the nearby hospital, with bewildering haste. Confined to bed for days, with visitors only allowed for two hours at the weekend, Elsie finds it very hard to adapt to the hospital's strict regime. But she invents astonishing ways of entertaining the other children on the ward, and for the first time, finds herself surrounded by true friends - including Queenie, the hospital's majestic white cat.

But when it's time for Elsie to go home there are huge problems – will she get the happy ending she deserves?

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    Alison5

    March 2013

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    Loved this from start to finish!