The Longest Whale Song
by Jacqueline Wilson
Things have changed a lot for Ella. For years now it's been just her and mum, which suited Ella fine. Now they live with Jack, her mum's annoying new husband and soon Ella will have a baby brother too. When a rare condition causes her mum's pregnancy to go wrong, leaving her lost in a coma, Ella's life goes into free-fall. Suddenly, nothing is as it was; her best friend is distant, her beloved Dad keeps saying the wrong thing and stupid Jack… well, stupid Jack is just there. Always.
Wilson's clear, honest writing crackles through this moving tale. Her expertly drawn characters, full of human flaws, sharpen a potentially sentimental story. This absorbing novel packs an emotional punch which should satisfy Wilson's many fans, old and new.
Publisher: Corgi Yearling
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Jacqueline Wilson
Children's Laureate 2005-2007
Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, and spent her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, where she still lives today. She started her writing career as a teenage journalist with D.C. Thompson, writing for the teenage magazine Jackie which was named after her. Today her popular books for children have sold millions of copies and have been translated into more than thirty languages.Jacqueline's books include The Story of Tracy Beaker, which has become a hugely successful BBC TV series; Girls in Love, which together with its two sequels was filmed for ITV television; and Double Act, which she adapted for Channel 4 and which won the Royal TV Society's Best Children's Fiction Award. As the fourth Children's Laureate (2005-2007) she promoted the importance of sharing books, and reading aloud together.
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