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My Secret Diary (Hardcover)

by Jacqueline Wilson (Author), Nick Sharratt (Illustrator)
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  • Hardcover: 309 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday (5 Mar 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 038561442X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385614429
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,714 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is a wonderfully written and engaging memoir of Jacqueline Wilson's life as a teenager - her problems with her family, first love, her school life and her friends. Read extracts from her real secret teenage diaries and the stories she wrote as a teenager, to build up a fascinating picture of a real teenager and her inner life. Covering issues as diverse as the songs she danced to and the way she created beehive hairdos to her troubled school life and her parents' problematic relationship. This follows on from the massive success of "Jacky Daydream", her first memoir. Written in Jacqueline's usual and inimitable style, this will be fascinating reading for her fans, and for anyone who's interested in life in the UK in the Fifties and Sixties.

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In 1960, you’d wear stiff petticoats and dancing shoes. Now you’d wear jeans and trainers.

In 1960, you’d spend hours listening to records in your local store. Now, you’d spend hours listening to music online.
In 1960 you’d learn all the steps to the latest dances.
Now, you just make up your own moves.
But girls always have and always will have crushes on boys, argue with their parents, get embarrassed at school, want to stay out with their friends, and spend hours fixing their hair.
A wonderfully written and engaging memoir of life as a teenager. Includes original photos of Jacqueline and her friends.


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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read., 19 Mar 2009
By CAZ (UK) - See all my reviews

I purchased this book for my 15 year old daughter.
This is the first Jacqueline Wilson book she has read,
and she really enjoyed it.

It made a change from reading books by her favorite
authors: Neil Gaiman, J K Rowling, and Philip Pulman
to name but a few.

The book is all about Jacqueline's life, when she was 14
years old, and deals with the usual teenage girl issues.

I highly recommend this book, not only for steadfast fans,
but as a great introduction to Jacqueline's work.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My Secret Diary by Jacqueline Wilson, 30 April 2009
A great buy for avid Jacqueline Wilson (JW) fans and would-be fans!

I bought this for my 11 year old bookworm as an alternative to an Easter Egg. She loved it, really wanted to share details about JW's life with me; and felt it really lent itself to her understanding of JW's motivation for some of the characters in her books.

My daughter particularly liked the fact that Jacqueline was 'different' as a young girl. I think this is because she isn't a typical girl and as we parents know, it's not always easy for young girls to embrace being different when most of them aspire to be just like everyone else). However, I've noticed her embracing her uniqueness in a big way for the past couple of weeks!!

Please note that my daughter is a complete JW addict so I am not suggesting the book as a confidence building tool, I'm just sharing what she got from it.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars My Secret Diary, 16 April 2009
My secret diary is Jacqueline Wilson's newest book and is an autobiography of her teenage years. It is a not a sequel to Jackie Daydream (an autobiography of her childhood.) I found this easy to relate to as I'm a teenager and I feel I understand what she went through but I wouldn't recomend this to fans under 10 or 11 as much. I feel this is not her best but sure to please!
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4.0 out of 5 stars good book
My daughter loved this book - and quickly read it in one afternoon of the Easter holidays!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected
More of a biography of the author than a story. My daughter was a little disappointed. She wasn't alive during the sixties, but I was, so perhaps I'll read it instead!
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