The Lottie Project
An adaptation for the stage of this modern children's classic by the best-selling author and 2005 Children's Laureate.For her history project, Charlie hits on the idea of writing the diary of Lottie, a young Victorian serving girl. When Charlie's mother loses her job as a shop manageress and...
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An adaptation for the stage of this modern children's classic by the best-selling author and 2005 Children's Laureate.For her history project, Charlie hits on the idea of writing the diary of Lottie, a young Victorian serving girl. When Charlie's mother 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 her own hardships and struggles are not so different from Lottie's.First staged at the Polka Children's Theatre in 1999, this adaptation is suitable for young actors as well as young audiences. The adapter, Vicky Ireland, has provided production notes to indicate how the play can be staged even with minimal resources - plus a lot of ingenuity!
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Format: unknown
ISBN:
9781854599117 (1854599119)
Publish date: September 1st 2006
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Family,
Female Authors
This gets a high rating because I think it was one of the first books that I really, really loved due to its combo of Victorian history and modern story-lines. It also got me ADDICTED to Wilson's novels.
A lot more solid than Double Act - Charlie was a lot more likeable, and the interactions between her and the other characters were far more believable. The bit about the kid getting pneumonia was a little over the top, and the Victorian bits were about as boring as you would expect an eleven-year o...
A lot more solid than Double Act - Charlie was a lot more likeable, and the interactions between her and the other characters were far more believable. The bit about the kid getting pneumonia was a little over the top, and the Victorian bits were about as boring as you would expect an eleven-year o...
The Lottie Project follows a young girl who is doing a history project on the Victorians. Her project is the diary of a servant girl, but she interlinks her own feelings into the diary of the servant girl, which makes this book a lovely read.
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