Sapphire Battersea (Hetty Feather) - Softcover

Wilson, Jacqueline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857530704 ISBN 13: 9780857530707

Publisher: Doubleday Children's Books, 2011

Synopsis

This is a fascinating, funny and moving Victorian-era novel featuring Hetty Feather. Hetty Feather is a Foundling Hospital girl and was given her name when she was left there as a baby by her mother. But she always longed to be called Sapphire, after her sapphire-blue eyes. When she is reunited with her mother, she hopes her new name, Sapphire Battersea, will also mean a new life! But life doesn't always go as planned...Follow the twists and turns of Hetty's adventure as she goes out to work as a maid for a wealthy man. She longs to be reunited with her childhood sweetheart Jem - but also finds a new sweetheart, Bertie the butcher's boy, who whisks her away from her household chores to experience the delights of the funfair! But Hetty's life may also take a darker path. Can she cope with the trials ahead?

About this title

Review:

'Hugely popular with seven to ten year olds: she should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance.' (The Independent on Sunday)

'[Wilson] has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues.' (The Bookseller)

Book Description:

A fascinating, funny and moving Victorian-era sequel to the much-loved Hetty Feather.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday Children's Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0857530704
• ISBN 13: 9780857530707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• Illustrator: Sharratt Nick