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! In 2002 Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she was the Children’s Laureate.

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It is frightful to read, but in my opinion, it is crucial we do, to enable our society to never revert to such appalling attitudes to teenage pregnancy and sexual consent. 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.

Gripping, emotional and the novel also includes a series of help lines if anyone has been affected by incidents in the narrative.

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Nina's little brother Richard admires Laura a lot too, even stating openly how much he likes her and wishes she was his sister instead of Nina, while constantly showing off his latest achievements to her as well, to the point Laura thinks he's got a Precocious Crush on her. Sibling Yin-Yang: Laura's mother Kathleen and her much younger sister Susannah are polar opposites which appears to be why their relationship is so strained, with Laura's mother being very traditional and having a negative attitude towards anything seen as too "modern" or non-traditional, such as fashion, styles, lifestyles etc, which is why she dislikes Susannah so much, because unlike her she is very modern and trendy in every way, and while realising it isn't ideal, Susannah does not at all condemn Laura for having a baby so young out of wedlock.Met her on Saturday and she is just how she seems in her interviews which is a pleasant surprise i dont think my inner child would ever have healed if she was a bitch.

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Watching Laura and her friend Nina navigate to teenage hood and become interested in sex, boys and ‘growing up’ (well, in Nina’s case anyway), and I honestly can’t believe how quickly I eagerly devoured this book. The story totally involves you and immerses yourself into young Laura's life as she experiences being pregnant in the 1960s. Laura's father reacts very badly to her falling pregnant at such a young age but she's his little girl and he just can't understand how she got into that situation in the first place.Wilson very much embeds the attitudes of the ‘60s into the story- the lack of awareness and morality amongst some of the characters regarding sexual consent, and victim blaming. Never did I think upon reading this book that I would be so connected, invested and intensely engrossed as I was when I picked it up. This book was brilliant in that it showed the judgement and pressures of teenage pregnancy in the 1960's, then cleverly linking back to present date with an article at the end about sexual consent in the present day.

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Jailbait Taboo: The pastor who sexually abuses and eventually impregnates Sarah blames her for tempting him. I was surprised when I so easily slipped back into the world of Jacqueline Wilson at the ripe old age of 29.It horrified me to think that no one had ever spoken to her about sex, even getting her period was a very short-lived conversation. Baby Love is not suitable for Wilson’s more typical younger audience – it is an original piece whose characters will stick with you for a long time. She develops a friendship with another girl at school who is much well off than her but isn’t awful about it. 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. I have so many positive memories of reading her books as a child (and even rereading them as an adult) and I’m so excited to read a book set for young adults and one of a more adult and sensitive subject too.