Little Stars (Hetty Feather)

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She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather.

As a teenager she started work for a magazine publishing company and then went on to work as a journalist on Jackie magazine (which she was told was named after her! When they move up into the senior school, Hetty defends Polly from getting into trouble for correcting a teacher, and is locked in the Punishment Attic instead. One day, Tanglefield's Travelling Circus came to town and there she met Madame Adeline, the fiery-headed (later revealed to be a wig) equestrian star of the show.Emerald Star was definitely my least favourite (But I did really like Lizzie's character which made up for the fact the rest of it was a bit rubbish) I love Sapphire Battersea and I love Little Stars but It's hard to have a favourite as it's really just one massive book. Jacqueline is one of the nation’s favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world.

Now, seeking life as music hall artistes, our beloved characters are well-off with a place to stay where Hetty earns their keep sewing gowns for Miss Gibson from Gibson's Gowns, and performing a child novelty act in the Cavalcade music hall for Mrs Ruby.Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since.

Even though I've read this before the last three books felt new to me as I couldn't remember a thing that happened - even when I was reading it so it felt like I was reading it for the first time. As she was running back to the girl's wing, Gideon managed to speak for the first time since being taken there. She is recognised as Emerald Star by Mr Benjamin and Ambrose and she goes with them on the tube back. She was an interesting study on two varieties of people I seem to delight in reading about as I find them most fascinating: on the one hand, the child performer, more or less forced into performing to varying extents, who reverts back to acting like a much younger child the second she can afford to, and ends up a strange mix of baby and mini-adult, never too sure which she is; on the other hand, and perhaps an extension of the first, the child who has had to grow up much too fast due to hardships much to early in life and, as a result, ends up a mix of traumatised cynic and innocent idealist, somehow. Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings.On the final night of the play Hetty accidentally insults Miss Ruby after an altercation with her nephew Sampson and is sacked. There is a lot of love involved between Jem, but you have to read the book to find out who he marries? A new actors troupe joins and they want Diamond to play Alice in their new show, but she doesn't do well and they have Hetty instead.