The Lottie Project (NHB Modern Plays) - Softcover

Jacqueline Wilson; Vicky Ireland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854599119 ISBN 13: 9781854599117

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2006

Synopsis

This dramatisation was first seen at the Polka Theatre in 1999. For her Victorian history project, Charlie hits upon the idea of writing the diary of Lottie, a young Victorian serving girl. When her mother, Jo, loses her job as a shop manageress and starts work as a cleaner, Charlie's previously happy and comfortable lifestyle is threatened, and she finds that her own hardships and struggles are not so different from Lottie's.

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Review:

In The Lottie Project veteran children's author Jacqueline Wilson brilliantly combines comedy, poignancy and a touch of history as she tells the story of Charlie, a bright and happy young girl on the brink of change.

For her Victorian history project, Charlie hits upon the idea of writing the diary of Lottie, a young Victorian serving girl. When her mother, Jo, loses her job as a shop manageress and starts work as a cleaner, Charlie¹s previously happy and comfortable lifestyle is threatened and she finds that her own hardships and struggles are not so different from Lottie's.

The Lottie Project is at once entertaining and intelligent. By eloquently capturing Charlie's anxiety as she faces up to her new and uncertain future, Wilson's talent for taking an important topic and treating it with respect and humour as she pushes her characters forwards is again harnessed in this touching, human story. --Susan Harrison

Review:

Both thought provoking and very funny, while giving a young audience a real sense of what it feels like to be a Victorian --Evening Standard

About this edition

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1854599119
• ISBN 13: 9781854599117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96