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Opal Plumstead

By: Jacqueline Wilson
Narrated by: Madeleine Leslay
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Summary

Opal Plumstead might be plain, but she has always been fiercely intelligent. Yet her scholarship and dreams of university are snatched away when her father is sent to prison, and fourteen-year-old Opal must start work at the Fairy Glen sweet factory to support her family. Opal struggles to get along with the other workers, who think her snobby and stuck-up. But Opal idolises Mrs Roberts, the factory's beautiful, dignified owner, who introduces Opal to the legendary Mrs Pankhurst and her fellow Suffragettes. And when Opal meets Morgan – Mrs Roberts' handsome son, and the heir to Fairy Glen – she believes she has found her soulmate. But the First World War is about to begin, and will change Opal's life for ever. The brilliantly gripping new story from the bestselling, award-winning Jacqueline Wilson.
©2014 Jacqueline Wilson (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing
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Critic reviews

"A brilliant writer of wit and subtlety." ( The Times)
"She should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance." ( The Independent on Sunday)
"Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues." ( The Bookseller)
"This wonderful new wartime story will be published to coincide with the one hundred year anniversary of the start of the First World War. And like one of Roald Dahl's most timeless and beloved novels, much of the action takes place at a sweet factory!" ( Amazon)

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Beautiful story

I have this book on audio and have listened to it about 7 times it never gets old I love it I love all my audio books but this is one of my all time favourites I think that it's amazingly rad and a great and gripping story and very emotive

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Best of the best audiobook I’ve listened too! :)
Amazing! Just a great story to be read!

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Opel plumsted

I love this book sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much it is there hi Quality I have listened to it about 25 times or more

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Best book ever

Phenomenal story

That's all I can say

Best book ever

Definitely reccomend

My favourite narrator too so double win really

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Amazing

This audio book is absolutely brilliant and I love it so much. I would say that it is for 12 and over as it is quite sad at some points( especially the end ). I recommend it if you like history. I 💜 it!!

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Opal Plumstead

I personally loved this story the narrator was very good at reading this book she was very good at the different voices and just the overall book was very well written although I would have liked a bit more of a happy ending but still you can see that Jacqueline Wilson put a lot of time and effort in to this book and it really shows I would deffenitly recommend this book to people over the age of 10 as it is quite sad at times but great book and I loved it.

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Amazing

I think this book is amazing
I love the ending a wonderful twist
Opal is an awesome character
I would definitely recommend this book to kids age 9-14
Wonderful

( age 10)

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good but a tad problematic

I really liked the narrator. I'm rereading this the last time was when I was about 9 and I found it a little problematic because she was 14 and morgan was 18 but the time was different and what was acceptable was different, surprisingly I didnt have too much issue with cassie and mr evandale I guess because she was an adult as well but still a lot younger. I loved the characters and I thought that morgan was very sweet and didnt push opal wish made me a bit more comfortable with the relationship. overall I liked if but just the ages were a little problematic.

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Great 👍🏻

I think this story was good the narration what's good the plot was good but it was just to predictable 🐱

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Such a good book, but so so sad

This is such a good book. Madeline read it so well. Especially the end. When Opal is grieving.

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