Hetty Feather, by Jacqueline Wilson, is a fun, thrilling and
heartfelt book, loved by children and teens everywhere. I enjoyed this book so
much that I decided to review it. So here it is!
Hetty is a fiery but kind young girl. She lives with her
foster family, and her dear foster brother Jem, whom she admires and loves more
than anyone else. But Hetty has one problem – the foundling hospital.
When Hetty was a baby, her mother couldn’t take care of her
and had to send her to the foundling hospital. She was then taken in by her
foster family, who Hetty has lived with for more than four years now.
The moment she turns five, Hetty will have to go back to the foundling hospital. She will have to leave her foster parents and siblings
and her wonderful Jem, to go live in a terrible hospital with cruel matrons,
nasty girls and millions of rules that stop her from having any fun at all.
Can Hetty manage to survive at the horrible hospital? Will she
even see her dear Jem again? And maybe, just maybe, could she find her real
mother?
I loved this book and I just couldn’t put it down. I was
completely engrossed in reading about Hetty’s intriguing experiences, from sneaking
into a circus, to being locked up in a dark room overnight at the foundling
hospital, to searching for her biological mother.
I love Hetty because she is so confident and funny, unlike so
many boring, saintly characters in other books. I’m sure any girl between the
ages of 10-14 can relate to her thoughts and feelings.
Hetty Feather is my favourite storybook character and I can’t
wait to read (and review) the sequels to this book.
