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In 2007 Jacky Daydream was published, an inspirational true story of how a shy schoolgirl became a superstar author. 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. She lives with her mother, stepdad, and baby half-brother, Tiger, and visits her dad who owns a greasy-spoon cafe on the weekends. Her mother doesn't understand why Floss would want to stay with her dad in his smelly money-losing cafe rather than go to Australia and live with them.

When we had to do some homework for a display in our school libary I did this book as my favourite book. 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. Floss wants to go with them, but she doesn't want to leave Charlie who's a cheerful and fun dad, who runs his own café which is quickly going out of business. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. One thing that helps me get to sleep at night is listening to some of her books I read as a child on audio.As the fourth Children's Laureate (2005-2007) she promoted the importance of sharing books, and reading aloud together. Double Act won the prestigious Smarties Medal and the Children’s Book Award as well as being highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. But then her step-dad gets a promotion and her mum springs it on her that they are moving to Australia for 6 months.

Despite being a children's author, Jacqueline Wilson books explore incredibly important themes from friendships and family dynamics to mental health and sexuality. I think it's great for parents because it perfectly illustrates how kids' problems are just as big and serious and real as our adult-type problems. But that’s the thing—kids need to read her books because she knows relatable and the true struggle of most preteen girls. This book was lovely, and even now, I just want to read it over, because the first time round I was so impressed with the way i could relate to the characters. As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children’s Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children’s Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame.Starring another of Jacqueline Wilson’s winsome and spirited heroines, this moving story of family ties is set against a whirlwind background of fairgrounds and street cafes. Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. Furthermore, he just let her stay with him at the smelly old fallen apart café, then when they had to move out and then she almost burned down and then maybe the most sensible decision of them all was joining the travelling fair bc at least someone would be reasonble and -spoiler alert- it still wouldn't be Dad.