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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?

Reviews

"A brilliant Victorian-era novel featuring Hetty Feather. Jacqueline Wilson is a fabulous storyteller and girls over the age of nine will absolutely love her writing" -- Stacia Briggs Norwich Evening News 20111123 "Wilson's latest book, illustrated by Nick Sharratt, is as wise, warm and deliciously readable as ever" -- Emma Lee-Potter Daily Express 20111202 "Sapphire Battersea doesn't disappoint. It follows Hetty Feather through a name change a reunion with her mother and a new life of work" Sunday Express 20111204 "Plucky Sapphire (formerly Hetty) goes out to earn her keep, fuelled by Wilson's class rage and carnivorous sense of yearning" -- Kitty Empire Guardian Children's Book website 20111207 "Set in London in the 1870s, this sequel to Hetty Feather is a wonderfully evocative and original historical novel" -- Bellanightshade girliegossip.com 20111214

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• Illustrations: Black and white chapter heads