Jacqueline Wilson Collection - 10 Book Box Set

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Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold. Gemma and Alice were born on the same day and have been devoted best friends ever since. Despite Gemma's larger-than-life personality and Alice's quieter, calmer character, the two are inseparable - until Alice has to move house, all the way to Scotland. November – Harold Macmillan begins his third term as a Conservative MP, after winning the by-election in Bromley, Kent. [14] July – Potsdam Conference – the three main Allied leaders begin their final summit of the war. The meeting will end on 2 August. Obituary: John McAfee, antivirus software designer, dies aged 75". The Times. 24 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021 . Retrieved 24 June 2021.

April – the first Scottish National Party Member of Parliament, Robert McIntyre, is elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom after his victory at the Motherwell by-election. Hull Blitz's last victims remembered 70 years on". BBC News. 17 March 2015 . Retrieved 25 March 2020. Prime Minister - Winston Churchill ( Coalition) (until 26 July), Clement Attlee ( Labour) (starting 26 July) September – J. B. Priestley's drama An Inspector Calls is premièred (in Russian translation) in Leningrad. [13] March – 13 people are killed and 22 injured when a lone Heinkel 111 bomber opens fire and drops bombs on people leaving a cinema in Kingston upon Hull. [3]Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain’s bestselling and most beloved children’s authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold. August – Zionist World Congress approaches the British government to talk about the establishment of the state of Israel. Grove, Valerie (29 August 2015). "How JB Priestley's Inspector first called on the USSR". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 12 November 2019. July – the BBC Light Programme radio station is launched, concentrating on the broadcasting of mainstream light music and entertainment, superseding the BBC General Forces Programme within the UK using its longwave frequency from the Droitwich Transmitting Station. [6] Take a Look at Our Summary of November Highlights, Whether You're Looking for the Latest Releases or Gift Inspiration

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. Beauty Cookson is no beauty. She's a plain, timid girl who constantly feels inferior to the super-confident, snooty girls at school. Worse than the teasing in the playground, though, is the unpredictable, hurtful criticism from her father. Beauty and her meek, sweet mother live in uneasy fear of his fierce rages, sparked whenever they break one of his fussy house rules.Bob Mortimer wins 2023 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction with The Satsuma Complex August – V-J Day is celebrated in the UK as the first of two days of national holiday, marking the end of World War II. When Miss Lovejoy asks them to help her create a butterfly garden in the school playground, Tina discovers she doesn't always need her sisters - and that there's a lot more to Selma than first meets the eye. February – the RAF Bomber Command begins the strategic bombing of Dresden in Saxony, Germany, resulting in a lethal firestorm which kills tens of thousands of civilians.

Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old twins. They're identical, and they do EVERYTHING together, especially since their mother died three years earlier - but they couldn't be more different. Bossy, bouncy, funny Ruby loves to take charge, and is desperate to be a famous actress, while quiet, sensitive, academic Garnet loves nothing more than to curl up with one of her favourite books. And when everything around the twins is changing so much, can being a double act work for ever? August – in the House of Commons, Leader of the Opposition Winston Churchill speaks of an " Iron Curtain" descending across Europe. Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings. Alexander Fleming and Ernst Boris Chain win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Howard Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases". [15] July – polling day for the first general election to be held since 1935; a few constituencies delay polling due to local Wakes weeks and the vote count is not made for another three weeks (see below) so that votes from the servicemen overseas can be added to the total. [7]January – Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Polish-Jewish orphans liberated from Theresienstadt concentration camp arrive in England for rehabilitation. a b c Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 394–395. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2. Making the difficult decision to stay at home, Floss moves in permanently with her dad and they muddle along happily together, surviving on chip butties and enjoying visits to the local funfair. But disaster strikes - Dad's money troubles catch up with him and they have to move out of the cafe. They're homeless - but can their new fairground friends help out? But all that changes after a terrible accident, which helps the sisters realise they are closer than they thought... Ruggieri, Melissa. "Procol Harum singer Gary Brooker, the voice of 'A Whiter Shade of Pale,' dies at 76". USA TODAY . Retrieved 23 February 2022.

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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. The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon cafe. But their simple arrangement is thrown into disarray when Floss's mum decides to move to Australia.