Rose Rivers (World of Hetty Feather)

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How can I wait five whole years anyway?’ I said instead. ‘Couldn’t I go to a boarding school where they have a good art teacher?’ Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings. I’m really looking forward to when my daughter is old enough for Jacqueline Wilson! She’s 7 and a very good reader but really sensitive so we have to be careful about the content we expose her to. Hopefully in a year or two she’ll be ready for this one. #readwithme Post a Reply She knows her father is also a talented artist though he once had a love whom posed for a portrait which her mother detests.

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. One thing that stood out to me was the relationship between Rupert and Rose – they are twins but despite this they were completely different. Rose was way more tolerable against Rupert then she is with everyone else even though he was a liar and can be very self-centred.

I really enjoyed Rose Rivers as it is an interesting story. It is set in the Victorian times and is very well written. What I liked about the book is how all the characters behaved in the style of the time. Another thing I liked was Rose's protestations about Beth being called stupid and not right in the head. Something I found interesting about it was that the lower class and upper class are friends, something unusual for the times. My favourite character was Beth, as I found her interesting and sensitive. I would recommend the book to anyone, but it may not be suitable for younger readers, as it has references to bodies. The only think I would change would be not seeing Hetty more. Then Rupert and I were born, and the grandparents were delighted, in spite of everything. They were especially pleased to have a grandson to inherit their business.

But I hate her relationship with Mr Walker or ‘Paris’ because I find it creepy and their interaction is defiantly not my favourite. They weren’t that bad and I could look past it.The book stands out because it was written from the perspective of the eldest child of a rich family and the plot was thought provoking. She was bored because she wasn’t allowed to go to school or given the freedom to do the things she wanted to do.