Jacqueline Wilson - Children's Author

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Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, but spent most of her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames. She always wanted to be a writer and wrote her first ‘novel’ when she was nine, filling in countless Woolworths’ exercise books as she grew up. 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!) before turning to writing novels full-time.

One of Jacqueline’s most successful and enduring creations has been the famous Tracy Beaker, who first appeared in 1991 in The Story of Tracy Beaker. This was also the first of her books to be illustrated by Nick Sharratt. Since then Jacqueline has been on countless awards shortlists and has gone on to win many awards. The Illustrated Mum won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, the 1999 Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was also shortlisted for the 1999 Whitbread Children’s Book Award. Double Act won the prestigious Smarties Medal and the Children’s Book Award as well as being highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. The Story of Tracy Beaker won the 2002 Blue Peter People’s Choice Award.

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. According to a recent Mori poll, Jacqueline was voted English children favourite children’s author. She has sold millions of books and in the UK alone the total stands at over 25 million!

In 2002 Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she was the Children’s Laureate. In 2008 she became Dame Jacqueline Wilson.

2011 saw the 20th Anniversary of her best known novel, The Story of Tracy Beaker,which is not only still hugely popular but has given life to two sequels and an award-winning TV series for CBBC.

Click here to download an interview with Jacqueline.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Jacqueline Wilson

Four Children and It
Jacqueline Wilson
May 2013 Book of the Month   A funny, moving and heart-warming story of four children who discover a way to make wishes come true. Echoing the classic E Nesbit novel, Five Children and It, this new story from this...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
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The Worst Thing About My Sister
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling Jacqueline Wilson understands perfectly how the needle sharp jealousy of sisters is matched only by the strength of their underlying affection. Marty and Melissa are not in the least little bit like each other; Marty is a tomboy and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/12/2012
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Emerald Star
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling Jacqueline Wilson adds a new chapter to her story of feisty Hetty Feather, a foundling child who bounces resiliently through life despite the many knock backs that come her way. Having found her real mother who subsequently dies, Hetty...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 27/09/2012
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Four Children and It
Jacqueline Wilson
The new bestseller from Jacqueline Wilson, creator of Tracy Beaker, Hetty Feather and The Illustrated Mum, is a funny, moving and heart-warming story of four children who discover a way to make wishes come true. Echoing the classic E Nesbit...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 16/08/2012
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Green Glass Beads A Collection of Poems for Girls
Jacqueline Wilson
Age 9+. Former Children’s Laureate Dame Jacqueline Wilson has been a lover of poetry for as long as she can remember. Choosing her own favourite poems, she has gathered together a wonderful, vibrant collection from classics such as Shakespeare’s The...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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The Worst Thing About My Sister
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling Jacqueline Wilson understands perfectly how the needle sharp jealousy of sisters is matched only by the strength of their underlying affection. Marty and Melissa are not in the least little bit like each other; Marty is a tomboy and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Lily Alone
Jacqueline Wilson
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Best selling Jacqueline Wilson tells a dramatic new story as Lily struggles to look after her younger siblings and herself after Mum goes missing. Can she keep everyone safe until Mum...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/12/2011
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Green Glass Beads Poems for Girls
Jacqueline Wilson
Age 9+. Former Children’s Laureate Dame Jacqueline Wilson has been a lover of poetry for as long as she can remember. Choosing her own favourite poems, she has gathered together a wonderful, vibrant collection from classics such as Shakespeare’s The...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2011
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The Longest Whale Song
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling Jacqueline Wilson captures a welter of emotions in this heart-rending story of how Ella copes when her mother is in a coma. Ella doesn’t like much about her life – especially her step-father Jack, her new home far away...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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How To Survive Summer Camp
Jacqueline Wilson
Bestselling Jacqueline Wilson’s classic How to Survive Summer Camp is out in a brand new edition for a new generation of readers.  It brilliantly and hilariously captures the dramatic intensity of  living 24/7 with your peers. Stella is dreading going...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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My Brother Bernadette
Jacqueline Wilson
Fabulous reissue of an absolute gem of a book by on of the bestselling authors of all time but this is one of the very few titles by Jacqueline Wilson suitable for newly fluent readers. Still with colour illustrations on...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2011
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Lily Alone
Jacqueline Wilson
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Best selling Jacqueline Wilson tells a dramatic new story as Lily struggles to look after her younger siblings and herself after Mum goes missing. Can she keep everyone safe until Mum...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/02/2011
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Little Darlings
Jacqueline Wilson
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Jacqueline Wilson takes a look into the lives of celebrities in this touching story of two girls, two families and one father. Destiny and Sunset’s lives seem miles apart; one lives...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2011
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Lily Alone
Jacqueline Wilson
Lily isn't home alone - but she sort of wishes she was; looking after her three younger siblings is a lot of responsibility. When Mum goes off on holiday with her new boyfriend and her stepdad fails to show up,...
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Twin Tales
Jacqueline Wilson
Two reassuring stories about family strife and overcoming your fears from a master storyteller. The first story is Twin Trouble in which Connie is unhappy because her parents are having a baby, well not one but twins.  She can’t understand...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2010
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The Longest Whale Song
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling Jacqueline Wilson has come up with a fresh new title in which she brilliantly handles many of the ingredients for which she is so deservedly popular. Ella’s already struggling with her new stepfather Jack, moving house and the thought...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 30/09/2010
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Hetty Feather
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson shows that her story-telling touch is just as sure when she turns to history as it is in her contemporary novels. As usual, Jacqueline Wilson uses a first person story telling voice as Foundling Hetty Feather...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
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How To Survive Summer Camp
Jacqueline Wilson
Special Anniversary Edition. Bestselling Jacqueline Wilson’s classic How to Survive Summer Camp is out in a brand new edition for a new generation of readers.  It brilliantly and hilariously captures the dramatic intensity of  living 24/7 with your peers. Stella...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/06/2010
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Little Darlings
Jacqueline Wilson
Bestselling Jacqueline Wilson tells a fairy tale story of the unlikely intertwining of two very different families against a strong and realistic background. Destiny is growing up poor with her mum who does three jobs and struggles to pay the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/03/2010
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Cookie
Jacqueline Wilson
Bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson knows exactly the ways in which Beauty Cookson feels insecure. It’s hard enough fitting in at school where she’s horribly teased by the cool crowd, but she has even more difficulties at home where she seems...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2009
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My Sister Jodie
Jacqueline Wilson
A fantastic book from Jacqueline Wilson. Pearl and Jodie are sisters who are very different. Jodie is noisy, brash, insensitive and bold. Pearl is only ten, little and shy and anxious all the time. When their parents both get jobs...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/03/2009
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My Sister Jodie
Jacqueline Wilson
A fantastic book from Jacqueline Wilson. Pearl and Jodie are sisters who are very different. Jodie is noisy, brash, insensitive and bold. Pearl is only ten, little and shy and anxious all the time. When their parents both get jobs...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 13/03/2008
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Starring Tracy Beaker
Jacqueline Wilson
New adventures for Tracy Beaker while she’s still in The Dumping Ground.  Tracy loves acting and is determined to get a part in the school Christmas play. Will they let her have a part despite her bad behavior? Amazingly, Tracy...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2007
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How To Survive Summer Camp
Jacqueline Wilson
Dumped by her parents at Evergreen Summer Camp, Stella is sure she is going to have a miserable time. But, despite herself, she finds she not only makes great new friends but also starts to really enjoy herself. A funny...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2007
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Starring Tracy Beaker
Jacqueline Wilson
If you’ve not heard of Jacqueline Wilson’s brilliant character Tracy Beaker then I urge you to get this book now and introduce her to any girl from 7 upwards.  This is Jacqueline’s first Tracy Beaker novel for quite a long...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/10/2006
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The Story Of Tracy Beaker
Jacqueline Wilson
Funny and poignant, this is the most popular of all Jacqueline Wilson’s best-selling titles. Tracy Beaker, a feisty ten year old living in a children’s home, gives a sparky view of life in what she calls The Dumping Ground. She ...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/10/2006
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The Dare Game
Jacqueline Wilson
 Tracy Beaker is back! Still living with Cam, her wonderful foster mother, Tracy’s behaviour has not improved! Skipping school, she teams up with two boys to play her favourite of all games – the Dare Game. Soon the dares get...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/10/2006
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Great Books to Read Aloud
Jacqueline Wilson
‘Reading aloud is the best way to get your children hooked on books for life’  says Jacqueline Wilson. Edited by Jacqueline Wilson this is a wonderful compilation that sits very well alongside the Lovereading4kids ethos of providing guidance to the parent...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2006
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The World of Jacqueline Wilson
Jacqueline Wilson
7-9 years.  A must for all fans of Jacqueline Wilson’s books but also a great introduction to new readers of the plotlines and of many of the characters to be found in her unputdownable stories.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2005
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Best Friends
Jacqueline Wilson
This is a real heart warming story that will trigger many thoughts in a young child’s mind – both sadness and happiness - but it will also provide the realisation that when best friends are separated it doesn’t mean that...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2005
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Girls in Tears
Jacqueline Wilson
Yet again Jacqueline Wilson captures the childhood issues of growing up, both emotional and physical.  Her characters and the friendships between each of them are brilliantly drawn and every child reading Girls in Tears will find a character they empathise...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2005
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Double Act
Jacqueline Wilson
Growing up as twins has been brilliantly captured by Jacqueline Wilson. Full of poignancy and plenty of humour throughout- it’s a real feel-good book.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/10/2004
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Lola Rose
Jacqueline Wilson
True-to-life, at times very emotional, but totally and utterly unputdownable.  That’s what my 12 year old said of it.  She read it virtually in one sitting and she’s not a book worm.  In fact, I’d say she’s quite reluctant at...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2004
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Girls Out Late
Jacqueline Wilson
Girls always tend to disagree with their parents on what time they must be home when out with their mates but Jacqueline shows us all how this issue can work for both teenager and parent in yet another brilliantly written...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 30/11/2003
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My Brother Bernadette
Jacqueline Wilson
Fabulous reissue of an absolute gem of a book by on of the bestselling authors of all time but this is one of the very few titles by Jacqueline Wilson suitable for newly fluent readers. Still with colour illustrations on...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2001
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Illustrated Mum
Jacqueline Wilson
The story of Dolphin, a young girl living in the wake of her mother's depression, and her sister Star, who is on the verge of adulthood. Both cope with living in a very dysfunctional household where their tattoo-crazy mum has...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2000
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The Bed and Breakfast Star
Jacqueline Wilson
Elsa longs to be a star and she makes her life sound very glamorous indeed to try to make her wish come true. The reality is very different. As her family moves from one dump to another, Elsa creates a...
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Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 01/01/1995
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Sapphire Battersea
Jacqueline Wilson
This is a fascinating, funny and moving Victorian-era novel featuring Hetty Feather. Hetty Feather is a Foundling Hospital girl and was given her name when she was left there as a baby by her mother. But she always longed to...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 29/09/2011
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Sleepovers
Jacqueline Wilson
Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily are friends at school and have their own Alphabet Club (just look at their initials!). Daisy is the newest member and is desperate to fit in, even though Chloe is distinctly unfriendly to her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 13/03/2008
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Candyfloss
Jacqueline Wilson
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Best Book of the Decade. Floss's parents are divorced, and she divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her new stepdad and her baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2007
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