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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2006
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ755110 |
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- Drama Queen Carpenter, Angelica Shirley Young Adults Homeless People Family Violence Childrens Literature Humor Psychological Patterns Authors Females Preadolescents Early Adolescents Interviews Foreign Countries Family Problems This article presents an interview with Jacqueline Wilson, a popular British author of children's books. Wilson has published 86 books for children and young adults with more than 20 million copies sold in the U.K. alone. Wilson's fans--mostly seven- to 14-year-old girls--love her gripping plots about dysfunctional families, homelessness, and domestic violence, to name a few dicey topics. Despite those dark themes, Wilson's touching, first-person narratives always include humor and hope--and at least one helpful adult. In 2002 she was given an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literacy in schools, and in May 2005 she was named Britain's fourth Children's Laureate. In this article, Wilson talks about her literary works, childhood experience, and future plans.