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

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Inside they find wonderful drawings of fairies - although they're far from the sweet characters that Mab imagined! 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.

The ending is kind of rushed, too, but perhaps an open ending, where we don't know most of the characters' fates, is realistic? I was lucky enough to meet Jacqueline at an event earlier in the month and managed to get a signed copy of her new book Project Fairy. A magical, captivating story about fairies, families and friendship from the brilliant, award-winning Jacqueline Wilson.After all these years, Jacqueline Wilson still has the power to captivate readers with her wonderful, emotionally charged books. They continue living on, with their mums new boyfriend and Bindweed meeting her cult, I mean family, once again.

In 2002 Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she was the Children’s Laureate. Some character arcs where never resolved and some plot points felt a little shoved in with a "it's magic! Asking for help when dealing with mental health problems big enough that you had to be institutionalised and separated from your children for a while is a good thing to represent in children's lit! 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. It’s also painfully obvious how there are (incorrect) references put in for modern kids to relate to, like watching cat videos on YouTube.

Although Mabs is not always the most likeable character, I believe Wilson presents her as a realistic child struggling to cope with her separated parents and bulling classmates. I don’t like to include spoilers in any of my reviews so I will just say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book and like all the authors other works, the book managed to pull me in with the strong believable characters and plot even as an adult reader. Before the start of the book, she had a breakdown after Mab's dad left them, and it caused Mab and her little brother Robin to be put into care, and a foster home for a bit.

The illustrations are more diverse than I've seen in a JW book for a long time, which was also so nice to see. 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. Though I am sad that Nick Sharratt no longer illustrates the bright, iconic covers for JW books anymore, but I understand he has to move on to new projects and things.Not sure if it was just because it was a different style, with the move into fantasy, but it seemed less emotionally in depth and without the same really engaging world building I love with J. I've read all her new books and absolutely adore Rachael Dean's illustrations, and this was no different for me.