Project Fairy: Discover a brand new magical adventure from Jacqueline Wilson

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Except maybe for Mab's teacher Mrs Horsely, who is only described as old, but the illustration of her is plump and bulky, too. As an adult, it only took me a couple hours to complete this book, but it has resparked my love for her books and I rushed today to borrow all of her teenage fiction that was available at my library. Plus there is her mother's fascination with fairies which really doesn't suit our tomboy protagonist. In the end, I had Mab, a bundle of childhood hardships and innocence, pegged as seven or eight years old. In the end, as a reward for caring for her, Bindweed grants a wish for Mab and she meets her father once again.

But it doesn't really matter, because Mabs' mum is trying her best to stay happy and healthy, and the kids are well-rounded and have everything they need. Mab, who initially wasn't interested in pink and "girly" things like fairies and was embarrassed by her mother's love of them, comes to see this, and appreciate her mum more later on.But the biggest surprise of all is a tiny thing that tumbles out of the pages of the book… A magical, captivating story about fairies, families and friendship from the brilliant, award-winning Jacqueline Wilson. On nous parle de fées dans le résumé, j’attendais vraiment plus de magie dans l’histoire, dommage car ça aurait rajouté un peu de paillettes à l’intrigue. At least there is no sign of any abusive parent apologist BS that unfortunately plagues quite a lot of JW's books - 'The Illustrated Mum', 'Lily Alone', 'Secrets', 'The Diamond Girls', 'Love Lessons', 'The Suitcase Kid', 'Best Friends', 'The Bed and Breakfast Star', 'Little Darlings', and of course 'Opal Plumstead' (I'm still seething) - which I'm sure is unintentional, it's just something I've noticed. When Mab comes into school with a new fairy dress on her birthday, her teacher gives her a book all about Victorian fairies. The Illustrated Mum won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, the 1999 Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was also shortlisted for the 1999 Whitbread Children’s Book Award.

This book is absolutely beautiful, the one we have is a hardback and it has a very Jacqueline Wilson cover with the illustrations. Then and there, they realise that their father didn’t deserve them and their peaceful, cosy warm lives.I enjoyed the up to date references and the attempt to include themes such as mental health struggles and bullying which I believe are important to vocalise for young people who are the intended audience.

Also, the actual plot was pretty good, I admired how Bindweed was gutsy and lively, energetic and although not the most likeable, Mab grows to be fond of her ‘pet’ fairy. 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. There's no fat-shaming and fat-hatred either, but that might be because no one is described as being fat in 'Project Fairy'. She reads it with her mum and her little brother Robin, and she's surprised to see the drawings inside are nothing like the sweet fairies she imagined. Also, I didn't want to carry hate in my heart forever, and not for an author's long bibliography (not the author herself, to be clear) and works that had been a part of my childhood, and of my start in my reading life.

She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. What I am certain and adamant about is that Mab shouldn't have to act like an adult and take care of her out of anxiety. JW's books have become so much more sensitive over the years, thinking from a different perspective to the books which perhaps most readers my age might remember. When her dad leaves her very early and gets a new family, Mab, her brother and her mother start to feel ill.

A magical, captivating story about fairies, families and friendship from the brilliant, award-winning Jacqueline Wilson. She reads it with her mum and her little brother Robin, and she’s surprised to see the drawings inside are nothing like the sweet fairies she imagined. She went through family issues, foster care with her unstable typical JW mother and cheeky little brother.I wish the situation involving Billie had a better resolution it seemed she was going to leave Cathy It was a lovely time over all. I was very disappointed to see that Nick Sharratt is no longer Wilson's illustrator, although she explained that this is because (after 30 years) he wants to focus on something else, I was still saddened not to see the tell-tale art type expected from Wilson's books. I am well aware I am around two decades past her predominant target audience now (OW, that is depressing), and I shouldn't judge too harshly. As a teenager she started work for a magazine publishing company and then went on to work as a journalist on Jackie magazine (which she was told was named after her!