Jacqueline Wilson
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Date read: 11 - 17 June 2017
Length: 288 pages
Jayni and her brother Kenny have a violent father who hits their mother Nikki. But one day he hits Jayni, so they run away to London. There they become Lola Rose, Kendall and Victoria Luck. They won £10,000 on a lottery ticket so they buy some new things and go to the aquarium. A lot. But things start to go downhill. The money's running out and mum doesn't seem well... What happens if their father finds them?
Lola Rose is an easy book to read, you get sucked right into the story. Despite the fact I'm not a teenager anymore you get drawn to Jayni's/Lola Rose's storytelling and want to know more. It's hard to put down!
It's quite dark material for a children's book, but I suppose that's what Jacqueline Wilson is best known for. Here we have an abusive father, a runaway family, homelessness, struggling for money, finding new friends, an unwell family member etc. It's a hard time for the family but it's something that needed to be done.
I liked Auntie Barbara. She was the hero the family needed, coming into their lives again to help with care and money. She gives them security and allows Lola Rose to relax a bit.
Reliving my childhood a little and reading some more Jacqueline Wilson was a good break from more adult reading. Recommended every now and then!
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Thanks,
The Wee Librocubicularist
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