Best-selling Jacqueline Wilson’s 100th book is a cracking story set just before the First World War with one of Wilson’s feistiest girls yet at its heart. Opal Plumstead is a clever, bookish girl with a Scholarship place at a posh girl’s school. When her father commits a very foolish crime (to cover his disappointment at having his book rejected by a publisher) he is sent to prison and Opal’s life is turned upside down.
Now she must work at the Fairy Glen sweet factory rather than study. The future looks bleak but in fact it is the beginning of a new chapter for Opal. Meeting Emmeline Pankhurst and the suffragettes shows her the new opportunities for women that are on the horizon. And she falls in love…When everything is thrown into turmoil by the war, Opal has her share of grief but finds there are new horizons waiting for her afterwards.
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Opal Plumstead
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Opal Plumstead and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Opal Plumstead features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Opal Plumstead was written by Jacqueline Wilson and published by Bolinda Publishing
