A review by thebooklovingpanda
Opal Plumstead by Nick Sharratt, Jacqueline Wilson

5.0

I bought this book when I went on a bit of a shopping spree with my Waterstones giftcards, and I regret nothing.

This is supposed to be a children's book but I think anyone would love it - the heroine as well as the other characters are compelling, and the language is simple but carries emotion and the narrative perfectly well. And by emotion I mean gut-wrenching devastation, bittersweet happiness, blind panic, impending doom...etc., etc.

I liked the involvement of the suffragette movement, especially as feminism is so relevant today and also in Opal's personal life, though of course the problems of suffragette violence were also touched upon. I particularly liked the character of Opal's older sister Cassie - she was even more wilful and headstrong than Opal!

SpoilerI'm glad she got a happy ending, even if Morgan didn't, who almost seemed like an angel on Earth.

Highly recommend.