Clover Moon (World of Hetty Feather)

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Clover Moon (World of Hetty Feather)

Clover Moon (World of Hetty Feather)

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Matilda Greenacre, age 10- 'I love this book...If you like the Hetty Feather series you will definitely enjoy the tale of Clover Moon.' Clover Moon is brilliant. It would appeal to older mature children and readers. This book is set in the victorian times and does include the subjects of death, poverty and even beatings. Clover Moon is written well and easy to read but does contain quiet long chapters for a children’s book, it is a long story but one I loved. There were characters I loved and characters I hated but I must say what a brilliant storyline and especially a nice ending, making the perfect children’s story. Children reading this story will also be learning about victorian times which is also a bonus. I had a massive collection of Jacqueline Wilson books. Around 60+ in total that I had collected over the years of my childhood that I recently passed on to my neice. In the hope that she too will love them as much as I did. Clover Moon lives in London during the reign of Queen Victoria. She does not go to school. She takes care of siblings for her stepmother. Her father works at a factory and grows more and more distant as the children with his second wife multiply. Clover's circumstances aren't great but could be worse. Eventually, the things that keep her at home disappear and she runs away. You thought you were being so kind and splendid making friends with a girl like me, but when you saw that brooch so obviously planted in my bed, you thought I was a common thief like all the others."

I'm probably far too old for JW, but as a school librarian I always enjoy an opportunity to read her newer books, and this was perhaps my favourite!

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Clover Moon is a girl of 11, the oldest of seven siblings and half-siblings, living in poverty in Victorian London. Her mother having died when she was little, she lives with her father and her abusive stepmother Mildred, who has brought her own five children to the family home. The burden of looking after the younger children falls largely on Clover. I can say this. The writing style is still what I came to know and love growing up. Fans of Jacqueline both young and old will find this an enjoyable read. I loved it. Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books) an imprint of Random House Children's Publishers UK I hated it and the whole relationship with her family especially her Father crumbled and were completely useless! I hated that so much. Then they go away and decide to make her go to school which is the worst punishment because that’s what she wanted all along!

Like in Dancing the Charleston, the crux of the plot happens away from the main setting – when Rose and her family travel to Scotland for New Year. The trip to Scotland threatens to blow her family apart and will have lasting consequences for Rose. yr old Clover Moon doesn't go to school. She has to stay home and look after her many step siblings and younger sister Megs. Clover uses her imagination to entertain them and is popular with the alley's children. But Clover is unhappy. Her stepmother is nasty and even beats her and Clover wants to leave. But how could she leave Megs and Pa? Although this story could be labelled "historical fiction", its themes are universal and resonate with young people's lives today. Familial abuse, unfortunately, still happens, and poverty still exists. Escaping both of these situations is as significant today as it was 150 years ago.

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It is set in the victoriana era of London and is written with so much charm I felt like I was actually there with Clover. Clover herself is an engaging central character. She, too, has a deep well of kindness within her, which we see as she looks after smaller children, first in her Cripps Alley home and then in Miss Smith's refuge. But she's also impetuous and tart, sometimes even ever-so-slightly insolent. And she has a fabulous sense of humour and a huge imagination. You could fail to like her or to wish her well. Rose is a young girl in a wealthy family whom loves studying and wishes to go to school more than anything but instead her twin brother Rupert gets to go. This seems like a one-star review for me, but there are a few things that made me give it two instead:



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