Vicky Angel
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As you should know Tuesdays is book blog day were we talk about one particular book and pretty much run with it. Today's blog is on the book Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson.
Vicky and Jade are best friends. Vicky is a flamboyant and outgoing girl while Jade is shy and timid and usually follows Vicky's lead. After arguing about which extra curricular activity to take together and arguing as Jade finally sticks up for herself, Vicky dashes out onto the road without looking and is struck by a car. Jade travels to hospital in the ambulance with Vicky, however Vicky dies from her internal injuries in hospital. Distraught and in shock Jade runs form the hospital, however just after an hour Vicky appears to Jade as a ghost, although she is the only one who can see or hear her. Jade attends Vicky's funeral and afterwards is revisited by Vicky's Ghost. When Jade returns to school she's encouraged to attend the fun run activity Vicky signed them up for. There she makes an unlikely friend in Fatboy Sam. Who jade originally assumed had a crush on Vicky; he later reveals it was on Jade he had a crush on. However , Vicky is snide about her friendship with Sam, influencing Jade into saying cruel things to him, although she forgives her.
As Jade tried to get used to life without Vicky, or at least without a Vicky that other people can see, Vicky's spectre becomes more and more controlling. Jade is forced to do as Vicky Wishes, and cant get on with her life and make new friends. Jade finally goes to a bereavement counsellor and discovers how to control Vicky. Eventually she must attend the inquest into Vicky's death. During it she is overcome with guilt and emotion when trying to recall Vicky's death and she flees the court building, running down the street and into the road where she is almost hit by a car. Vicky appears and pulls her back. Vicky tells jade that the accident wasnt her fault freeing her from guilt. After saving jades life Vicky grows angel wings and can finally move on, floating into the sky and leaving Jade to move on with her life.
- Vicky Angel's Wiki page.
Vicky Angel was published on November 2nd 2000 by publishers Doubleday. Written by Author Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. In the big read in 2003 Vicky Angel joined Double act, Girls in love and the story of Tracy Beaker as the four books of Wilson's that were ranked in the top 100 popular books in the UK. I love this book and read it until my copy fell apart, partially due to having experienced loss just like the main character Jade does (Relatives passing), the book shows that its OK to move on from loss and your loved ones will be OK. I recommend the book to everyone and give the book an 8/10.
Born Jacqueline Aitken in Bath, Somerset on December 17th 1945. Wilson grew up with parents Harry (A civil servant) and Biddy (A house maid) loving to read and having a great imagination, this gave her the nickname Jacky Daydream at nine years old, which eventually became the title of her autobiography detailing her primary school years. Wilson's first book debuted in 1969 and as she went on writing many of her books went onto be nominated and win several awards including the annual British book awards children's book of the year, the Whitbread awards shortlist and both the Smarties prize and the guardian children's fiction prize. In her teens, Wilson met her husband Millar Wilson who was a printer. They got married when she was nineteen and two years later they welcomed daughter Emma. They divorced in 2004 and by April 2020 Wilson announced publicly she was gay and had been living with her Partner Trish for eighteen years. In 2008 Wilson was appointed Dame commander of the Order of the British Empire a DBE, in 2012 she was elected as a honorary fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and in 2017 she received the special award at the BAFTA children's awards.
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WEBSITE BIBLIOGRAPHY:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicky_Angel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Wilson
https://www.penguin.co.uk/puffin/jacqueline-wilson.html
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