Alison Woodhead, Adoption UK’s Director of Public Affairs and Communications said: “We are so proud to be included in this moving book about teenage pregnancy, motherhood, and adoption in the 1960s, which gives a voice to girls like Laura, who had little choice in how their lives turned out. a b c "Dame Jacqueline Wilson's nasty adult world". The Daily Telegraph. 7 March 2008. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008 . Retrieved 13 August 2009. The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002–2006, CBBC). Starring Dani Harmer as Tracy and Lisa Coleman (whose sister, Charlotte, appeared in Double Act as Miss Debenham) as Cam. Original broadcast dates: 8 January 2002– 9 February 2006. Since its original broadcasts, 15-minute versions have been shown on repeat on the CBBC Channel since 2007. Six-year-old makes acting debut on CBBC TV show". St Helens Star. St Helens, Merseyside. 23 March 2018 . Retrieved 16 September 2018. Everybody who knew us, friends, acquaintances, certainly in the publishing world, knew we were a couple so I never felt I was hiding something, but I also did feel that I’m a children’s author [and] you don’t go along to do an event and say, ‘hello, I’m Jacqueline Wilson, I’m gay’, or whatever. It would just be highly inappropriate for children. But I never hid anything.”

A lecture hall at Kingston University's Penrhyn Road campus has been named after her. [30] Adaptations [ edit ] I find JW’s writing so easy to fall into, I am always immersed in the world and the characters, I definitely felt all the emotions. Also the ending! It could have gone either way and I was so anxious throughout the book to see what would happen.When her family learns her secret, they are horrified. Sent away to save them from shame, Laura meets girls just like herself, whose families have given up on them - and they become a family for each other at the most difficult time in all their lives.

This stands alone as a great fiction book and should not be categories only as a young adult book in my opinion . A Girl's own story' Article about Jacqueline Wilson by Lesley White, The Sunday Times, 18 February 2007.Bilingual Bonus: It's heavily implied that Leon asks for permission to have sex with Laura, but she misunderstands it as him asking if they can cuddle as she barely understands French. Laura calls her daughter Kathleen, after her mother. She does this to try and encourage her mother to fall in love with her granddaughter so Laura can return home and keep her, but it doesn't work. Laura does regret choosing her daughter's name but settles for calling her Kathy. At the end of the novel , Adoption UK provides the reader with context around how both societal attitudes and adoption have changed since the 1960s. It also highlights some of the issues adopted people still experience today – including identity and the complexities of having two families – and signposts anyone affected by any of the topics raised in the novel, to Adoption UK’s helpline. Kelly Hurst, editorial director, bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Caroline Walsh at David Higham Associates. The novel will publish under the Penguin imprint on 17th March 2022, with cover and chapter head illustrations by Rachael Dean. Jacqueline Wilson understands the complex interpersonal relationships of teenagers so well and writes with an unparalleled realness and rawness. I loved this book. It was heartbreaking but warm, unflinching yet somehow cosy. Nobody writes like Jacqueline Wilson. Long may she reign! I couldn't get the characters out of my head." - Holly Bourne