![]() ![]() The brilliantly gripping new story from the bestselling, award-winning Jacqueline Wilson. But the First World War is about to begin, and will change Opals life for ever. And when Opal meets Morgan - Mrs Roberts handsome son, and the heir to Fairy Glen she believes she has found her soulmate. But Opal idolises Mrs Roberts, the factorys beautiful, dignified owner, who introduces Opal to the legendary Mrs Pankhurst and her fellow Suffragettes. Opal struggles to get along with the other workers, who think her snobby and stuck-up. So Im proud to be reviewing her centenary story. And, more than anything else, it felt truthful. 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 Kindle Edition by Jacqueline Wilson (Author), Nick Sharratt (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition 736 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition £5.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook £0.00 Free with your Audible trial From the beloved children’s author of Hetty Feather, Tracy Beaker and Rose Rivers. Opal Plumstead is Jacqueline Wilsons 100th book Thats prolific, right I first discovered her work when I read The Illustrated Mum. But Opal idolise Opal Plumstead might be plain, but she has always been fiercely intelligent. 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. ![]()
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