She reads it with her mum and her little brother Robin, and she's surprised to see the drawings inside are nothing like the sweet fairies she imagined. Mab deals with bullies at school and a family still recovering from the shock exit of her father which lead to her mother's breakdown. There's no fat-shaming and fat-hatred either, but that might be because no one is described as being fat in 'Project Fairy'. Asking for help when dealing with mental health problems big enough that you had to be institutionalised and separated from your children for a while is a good thing to represent in children's lit! 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.

Without spoiling the plot, he doesn't serve as some fairytale prince coming to whisk Mabs' mum off her feet, but for what he is. Wilson dares to confront topics most children authors wouldn't dream of - and as always, it pays off. I have to say it was pretty disappointing as I quite enjoyed the start of it, showing Mabs' life of how she's bullied in school and all, but things got pretty boring once it got to the fairy part and the whole interaction between Mabs and Bindweed, as it just dragged on too much, focusing on the same scene of their conversation, no really progression or anything, as I was hoping there's be more of Mabs' school life and all, but the next few chapters seemed to just be focusing on the conversation between Mabs and Bindweed, and so was kinda boring.So when Mab's teacher gives her a book all about Victorian fairies, she's excited to take it home and share it with mum and little Robin.

bit upset that nick sharratt isn’t doing the illustrations anymore, but i did love this art style too! She went through family issues, foster care with her unstable typical JW mother and cheeky little brother. Then and there, they realise that their father didn’t deserve them and their peaceful, cosy warm lives. Huge fan of Jacqueline Wilson for the past 20 years, but sad to say this was one book I enjoyed a lot less.Except maybe for Mab's teacher Mrs Horsely, who is only described as old, but the illustration of her is plump and bulky, too. In 2002 Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she was the Children’s Laureate.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Biography: Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. The illustrations are more diverse than I've seen in a JW book for a long time, which was also so nice to see.I enjoyed the up to date references and the attempt to include themes such as mental health struggles and bullying which I believe are important to vocalise for young people who are the intended audience.

It took me out of the reading experience noticing things like this, even though I do really like her illustrations. Jackie's writing style, although has evolved over the years, keeps a similar structure, such as a non traditional home life/family, characters being themselves, even though it may not appear to be the "norm". I bought this book for our granddaughter for a present but when it arrived it had sticky tape stuck on the front.

I adored the illustrations, they made the book come alive, flowing imagination out of the book like a fairy flying. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Unlike some of JW's earlier books, Mabs' mum is clearly suffering (from depression, it would appear her confidence in general) but the subject is broached with care and sympathy, and it's apparent Mabs doesn't blame her mum for sometimes not being able to care for them. I didn't finish it because of this, 'cause I just simply couldn't get into it, which is a pity, 'cause I would've liked to.