Les malheurs de Millie Plume
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9782075018500 (2075018502)
Publish date: January 2011
Publisher: Gallimard Jeunesse
Pages no: 349
Edition language: French
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Coming Of Age,
19th Century
Series: Hetty Feather (#1)
Jacqueline Wilson is an amazing author, and I only wish I had discovered her books when I was little. I can't get enough of them, even as a grown-up. Special thanks to my students, especially my girls, who pointed out her books and recommended them to me in my new library.
I enjoyed this book very much. The beginning captured my attention as it is told in the first person singular, with Hetty narrating her own life story, amzingly, from birth! Yes. You heard me right. She remembers everything from the earliest moments of her life.Of course, this is the authors inventi...
Turns out I don't find Jacqueline Wilson as compelling when she's writing historical fiction. This is just a little to slow and doesn't hit the same nerve that Wilson's contemporary realistic fiction strikes.
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