Sapphire Battersea

A fascinating, funny and moving Victorian-era novel featuring Hetty Feather. Hetty Feather is a Foundling Hospital girl and was given her name when she was left there as a baby by her mother. But she always longed to be called Sapphire, after her sapphire-blue eyes. When she is reunited with her mother, she hopes her new name, Sapphire Battersea, will also mean a new life! But life doesn't always go as planned...Follow the twists and turns of Hetty's adventure as she goes out to work as a maid for a wealthy man. She longs to be reunited with her childhood sweetheart Jem - but also finds a new sweetheart, Bertie the butcher's boy, who whisks her away from her household chores to experience the delights of the funfair! But Hetty's life may also take a darker path. Can she cope with the trials ahead?

ISBN 0385618921   Pages 416 ISBN13 9780385618922 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 631 Publisher Random House Children's Publishers UK   Published in London Imprint Doubleday Children's Books   Series title Hetty Feather Format Hardback   Height (mm) 222 Publication date 23 Jul 2011   Width (mm) 162 Illustrator Nick Sharratt   Spine width (mm) 36 DEWEY 823.914   Academic level Children (6-12) DEWEY edition DC22   Interest age from 9 to 11

"Hetty Feather is the most compelling tale Wilson has told." "-- "The Times"""A brilliant young writer of wit and subtlety." "-- "The Times"""Hugely popular with seven to ten year olds: she should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance." "-- Independent on Sunday""Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues." "-- Bookseller"

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