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Hetty Feather
London, 1876 and Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at the Foundling Hospital. The Hospital cares for abandoned children - but Hetty must first live with a foster family until she is big enough to go to school.
Life in the countryside is hard but with her 'brothers' Jem and Gideon, she helps in the fields and plays imaginary games. Together they sneak off to visit the travelling circus and Hetty is mesmerised by the show, especially Madame Adeline and her performing horses.
But Hetty's happiness is threatened once more when she is returned to the Foundling Hospital. The new life of awful uniforms and terrible food is a struggle for her. But now she has the chance to find her real mother. Could she really be the wonderful Madame Adeline? Or will Hetty find the truth is even more surprising?
Jacqueline Wilson will surprise and delight old fans and new with this utterly original take on a historical novel. Set in Victorian times and featuring a brand new feisty heroine, Hetty Feather, this is a Tracy Beaker-esque tale that will thrill young readers. Warm, moving, funny and totally fascinating, it's the perfect gift for girls of eight and older.
Life in the countryside is hard but with her 'brothers' Jem and Gideon, she helps in the fields and plays imaginary games. Together they sneak off to visit the travelling circus and Hetty is mesmerised by the show, especially Madame Adeline and her performing horses.
But Hetty's happiness is threatened once more when she is returned to the Foundling Hospital. The new life of awful uniforms and terrible food is a struggle for her. But now she has the chance to find her real mother. Could she really be the wonderful Madame Adeline? Or will Hetty find the truth is even more surprising?
Jacqueline Wilson will surprise and delight old fans and new with this utterly original take on a historical novel. Set in Victorian times and featuring a brand new feisty heroine, Hetty Feather, this is a Tracy Beaker-esque tale that will thrill young readers. Warm, moving, funny and totally fascinating, it's the perfect gift for girls of eight and older.
400 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2009
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Jacqueline Wilson
399 books5,684 followersJacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, but spent most of her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames. She always wanted to be a writer and wrote her first ‘novel’ when she was nine, filling in countless Woolworths’ exercise books as she grew up. 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!) before turning to writing novels full-time.
One of Jacqueline’s most successful and enduring creations has been the famous Tracy Beaker, who first appeared in 1991 in The Story of Tracy Beaker. This was also the first of her books to be illustrated by Nick Sharratt. Since then Jacqueline has been on countless awards shortlists and has gone on to win many awards. The Illustrated Mum won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, the 1999 Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was also shortlisted for the 1999 Whitbread Children’s Book Award.
Double Act won the prestigious Smarties Medal and the Children’s Book Award as well as being highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. The Story of Tracy Beaker won the 2002 Blue Peter People’s Choice Award.
Jacqueline is one of the nation’s favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. She has sold millions of books and in the UK alone the total now stands at over 35 million!
In 2002 Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she was the Children’s Laureate. In 2008 she became Dame Jacqueline Wilson.
One of Jacqueline’s most successful and enduring creations has been the famous Tracy Beaker, who first appeared in 1991 in The Story of Tracy Beaker. This was also the first of her books to be illustrated by Nick Sharratt. Since then Jacqueline has been on countless awards shortlists and has gone on to win many awards. The Illustrated Mum won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, the 1999 Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was also shortlisted for the 1999 Whitbread Children’s Book Award.
Double Act won the prestigious Smarties Medal and the Children’s Book Award as well as being highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. The Story of Tracy Beaker won the 2002 Blue Peter People’s Choice Award.
Jacqueline is one of the nation’s favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. She has sold millions of books and in the UK alone the total now stands at over 35 million!
In 2002 Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she was the Children’s Laureate. In 2008 she became Dame Jacqueline Wilson.
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May 4, 2020I re-read this as part of a read-a-thon and it just reminded me how much I loved Jacqueline Wilson's books as a kid! This is hands down her best one!
December 8, 2022
Definitely the BEST Jacqueline Wilson book out there. So heart breaking and well crafted!
July 27, 2015
This was as good as everything else I've read by Jacqueline Wilson. I will definitely be reading the next book.
May 12, 2013
NEVER ABLE TO PUT THIS ONE DOWN
August 2, 2016
This is an excellent read set in Victorian times. The story is written in the first person and is like an autobiography of the first 11 years of Hetty Feather's life. As a new born baby, Hetty is left at the gates of the Foundling Hospital by her mother. After a short time in the care of the hospital Hetty is sent to live with her foster family or also known as a 'wet nurse' in those times.
In the first few chapters we follow Hetty as a baby and then toddler, living an adventurous life in the countryside with her foster brothers and sisters. They live on a small country holding and through her imagination she finds endless wonder in the simple things around her. As she nears her 5th birthday she begins to understand the reality of her family circumstances and that soon she will have to return to the hospital. After an older foster brother returns to the hospital Hetty has to come to terms with the fact that this is not her real mother and father and that she will also be separated from Jem, the foster sibling she loves the most.
The separation of a 5 year old child from her perceived family must be truly horrific and through brave Hetty, Jacueline Wilson portrays it brilliantly. It really pulls on the heart strings as we are introduced to Hetty's new life in the hospital. Although the hospital saved the lives of many babies during Victorian times, life there was not easy. Ripped apart from her family, this new existence feels like an unfair incarceration or endless nightmare. She is forced into a strict and boring daily routine. We see how hopeless and fragile life can be for a young child as she finds it difficult to make friends and the ones she does seem to die or leave.
You could say the story is broken into three parts; her life with her foster family; life in the Foundling Hospital and finally; her escape from the hospital. I found the final part lacked depth and did not meet the same standards as the previous chapters. A lot happens to Hetty in a seemingly short space of time when she is away from the hospital. Fortunately the story ends happily for Hetty, but this happy ending which was a huge moment in her life is surprising not afforded much time.
I might be a bit over critical with the ending but that is only because the rest of the book is fantastic. The tale generates an empathy and understanding of how children had no rights and how harsh daily living was for people in the past.
I would recommend it for anyone over the age of 8.
In the first few chapters we follow Hetty as a baby and then toddler, living an adventurous life in the countryside with her foster brothers and sisters. They live on a small country holding and through her imagination she finds endless wonder in the simple things around her. As she nears her 5th birthday she begins to understand the reality of her family circumstances and that soon she will have to return to the hospital. After an older foster brother returns to the hospital Hetty has to come to terms with the fact that this is not her real mother and father and that she will also be separated from Jem, the foster sibling she loves the most.
The separation of a 5 year old child from her perceived family must be truly horrific and through brave Hetty, Jacueline Wilson portrays it brilliantly. It really pulls on the heart strings as we are introduced to Hetty's new life in the hospital. Although the hospital saved the lives of many babies during Victorian times, life there was not easy. Ripped apart from her family, this new existence feels like an unfair incarceration or endless nightmare. She is forced into a strict and boring daily routine. We see how hopeless and fragile life can be for a young child as she finds it difficult to make friends and the ones she does seem to die or leave.
You could say the story is broken into three parts; her life with her foster family; life in the Foundling Hospital and finally; her escape from the hospital. I found the final part lacked depth and did not meet the same standards as the previous chapters. A lot happens to Hetty in a seemingly short space of time when she is away from the hospital. Fortunately the story ends happily for Hetty, but this happy ending which was a huge moment in her life is surprising not afforded much time.
I might be a bit over critical with the ending but that is only because the rest of the book is fantastic. The tale generates an empathy and understanding of how children had no rights and how harsh daily living was for people in the past.
I would recommend it for anyone over the age of 8.
May 20, 2024
Hetty Feather is a perfect book for children.
People will love Hetty's twists and turns but Hetty is the one that actually stands out. Set out a lot of years back in time, the historical adventures are sure to make you read in wonder fascinated by Hetty's life. Jaqueline Wilson is a wonderful author for kids but adults can also enjoy her books too!
Get drawn into the book with flower selling, riding on elephants and nearly meeting the queen!
What else is there to say? Start reading this wonderful book
(but I'm warning you, you can't put it down)!
People will love Hetty's twists and turns but Hetty is the one that actually stands out. Set out a lot of years back in time, the historical adventures are sure to make you read in wonder fascinated by Hetty's life. Jaqueline Wilson is a wonderful author for kids but adults can also enjoy her books too!
Get drawn into the book with flower selling, riding on elephants and nearly meeting the queen!
What else is there to say? Start reading this wonderful book
(but I'm warning you, you can't put it down)!
January 13, 2019
I'm so beyond pleased to be reading Hetty Feather again. Something struck me about it the first time I read it in 2009 and I've never been able to forget the story, or Hetty herself. Now there are five books in the series and I have a lot of reading to do if I'm going to follow her journey to its end!
February 12, 2011
A great read, one of those books that you can curl up with and read for hours on end!
February 11, 2012
I was out on the Mobile Library Van the other day and finished the book I was reading. Not wanting to sit through my lunch with nothing else to read I scanned the shelves, after reading Lily Alone last week and talking to a girl at my Diving group, i remembered her saying how good this one was and worth a read, so I decided to give it a go. It's been years since reading Wilson, but now I've read 2 in one month. Must be regressing back to my childhood.
The cover of this book also attracted me, i like teh bright yellows and reds and the circus pictures stood out, but i also quite like children's historical books so I thought I would enjoy this one.
Hetty Feather is left at the Foundling Hospital as a baby, brought up by a foster mother when she turns 6 she must go back to the hospital to be educated and trained to be a servant - the only life waiting for her in the future. She loved her foster family and even fell in love with one of her 'brothers' (obviously not related by blood) and hated the idea of going back, once back at the hospital Hetty must adapt to strict diets, rules and regulations and a whole new way of life. But she refuses to be 'broken' and is determined to hold onto her memories and be something other than a servant, but most of all she wants to find her mother.
Hetty Feather is aimed at older children than Wilson's usual target I think. Hetty has a very hard life and goes through a lot, but it depends on the maturity of the child reading it.
I personally really enjoyed Hetty Feather, it was a well written story, it's written as if Hetty is talking to you and she is such a vibrant, boisterous character that I really felt like she was here talking to me. I could visualize everything she was telling me and I could really sympathize with her.
The story moves through her life from birth to about 12 I think. The description really is well written and I could see it all. I was routing for Hetty throughout hoping things would work for her.
Some bits were slightly predictable but others were totally unexpected. I laughed along with Hetty and felt my eyes filling up at times too. I was disappointed by the ending thinking it ended rather abruptly and I have so many questions left unanswered, it almost felt like she had filled her word count and so decided to just stop. But I have since found out that there is a sequel to it called 'Sapphire Battersea' which I have now ordered to read as I want to know what happens next.
Overall a really enjoyable read, the world really comes alive and Hetty becomes a bright spark in a dull, hard world.
The cover of this book also attracted me, i like teh bright yellows and reds and the circus pictures stood out, but i also quite like children's historical books so I thought I would enjoy this one.
Hetty Feather is left at the Foundling Hospital as a baby, brought up by a foster mother when she turns 6 she must go back to the hospital to be educated and trained to be a servant - the only life waiting for her in the future. She loved her foster family and even fell in love with one of her 'brothers' (obviously not related by blood) and hated the idea of going back, once back at the hospital Hetty must adapt to strict diets, rules and regulations and a whole new way of life. But she refuses to be 'broken' and is determined to hold onto her memories and be something other than a servant, but most of all she wants to find her mother.
Hetty Feather is aimed at older children than Wilson's usual target I think. Hetty has a very hard life and goes through a lot, but it depends on the maturity of the child reading it.
I personally really enjoyed Hetty Feather, it was a well written story, it's written as if Hetty is talking to you and she is such a vibrant, boisterous character that I really felt like she was here talking to me. I could visualize everything she was telling me and I could really sympathize with her.
The story moves through her life from birth to about 12 I think. The description really is well written and I could see it all. I was routing for Hetty throughout hoping things would work for her.
Some bits were slightly predictable but others were totally unexpected. I laughed along with Hetty and felt my eyes filling up at times too. I was disappointed by the ending thinking it ended rather abruptly and I have so many questions left unanswered, it almost felt like she had filled her word count and so decided to just stop. But I have since found out that there is a sequel to it called 'Sapphire Battersea' which I have now ordered to read as I want to know what happens next.
Overall a really enjoyable read, the world really comes alive and Hetty becomes a bright spark in a dull, hard world.
July 1, 2021
Another amazing read from Jacqueline Wilson 💚
October 17, 2020
This is the first book in a series. (I read Little Stars to my daughter first. We loved it, realized the series existed, and here we are. Little Stars referred to some characters and events here, which was not a problem. We enjoyed being on the look-out for those things.)
Overall, I was not as enamored. Hetty is young here though (baby to, I think, around 10 or 12) and in less control of her life. She is also not quite the same feisty girl here as she is by the events in Little Stars, though that confidence does not come out of nowhere. She is bold and impulsive and a great character. She is raised by a farming family until five, which is fun to see and heart-breaking to watch end, and is then returned to a regimented life at the Foundling Hospital. That leads to a lot of routine, though there is some adventure again before the end. You won’t want people or her world to disappoint her. They do, though Jacqueline Wilson manages a happy-for-now ending.
It is a historical novel, though the setting seems to have hard-to-pin-down flaws. Maybe not in the details, exactly, but in the slightly anachronistic viewpoints of the characters and in details that fail to fully world-build. Other than that, the crisp clean writing really works for me and is a pleasure to read-aloud.
Overall, I was not as enamored. Hetty is young here though (baby to, I think, around 10 or 12) and in less control of her life. She is also not quite the same feisty girl here as she is by the events in Little Stars, though that confidence does not come out of nowhere. She is bold and impulsive and a great character. She is raised by a farming family until five, which is fun to see and heart-breaking to watch end, and is then returned to a regimented life at the Foundling Hospital. That leads to a lot of routine, though there is some adventure again before the end. You won’t want people or her world to disappoint her. They do, though Jacqueline Wilson manages a happy-for-now ending.
It is a historical novel, though the setting seems to have hard-to-pin-down flaws. Maybe not in the details, exactly, but in the slightly anachronistic viewpoints of the characters and in details that fail to fully world-build. Other than that, the crisp clean writing really works for me and is a pleasure to read-aloud.
March 18, 2017
I have been in such a terrible slump recently that has been painful to get out of. Hetty Feather has been on my tbr for a long time, since visiting the Foundling Museum last year. I was instantly drawn to this novel, encompassing a piece of history I'm interested to learn more about, and written by one of my favourite childhood authors. All in all, it was an enjoyable novel. However I'm not taking it as any kind of truth on what life in the Foundling Hospital was like. Naturally Wilson would embellish it, but it left me wanting to find out more of the truth. It also has to be said that Hetty drew lots of parallels to Tracey Beaker in my mind: motherless, in the care system, feisty with distinctive hair, and a passion for writing. Now I'm not saying that this is a bad thing, as I adored Tracey when I was a child, but it felt like Wilson had just given her a different name and put her in a different time period with Hetty.
December 7, 2012
I think this book is amazing because its big and very well thought of. As well I think its good because every time there's a chapter and I have to stop I always ,always want to read more. Lots more.
What a lovely long book.
What a lovely long book.
February 22, 2014
Hetty Feather is amazing! I've also read Sapphire Battersea, which is even more amazing. Jacqueline Wilson's books are awesome and I recommend children and teenagers to read them. Can't wait to read Emerald Star! :-)
June 5, 2020
I read this with a granddaughter over FaceTime during the lockdown. A gripping read, with a terrific story, and such a convincing atmosphere. The characters were beautifully drawn and utterly convincing. We have embarked eagerly on the next one. Highly recommended.
April 20, 2014
I liked Hetty Feather. It was an enjoyable book and I am currently reading Sapphire Battered. Good read!!
August 3, 2014
I likes this book very much, the way it was written created an appropriate atmosphere. It's also absorbing, and the storyline is good.
February 24, 2014
I thought that Hetty Feather was amazing! She had loads of different adventures in her life and had to find her mother. Her real mother is just in the foundling hospital! At first Hetty thought that her real mother was Madame Adeline,a woman that acts in a circus, because she has red hair just like Hetty's fiery red hair. She finds out the truth. Madame Adeline is really not her real mother. She gets really upset but after finding out her real mother is just in the foundling hospital, Hetty's really happy.
April 5, 2019
Beautiful story. Sad and realistic. Harsh and hard to put down.
I spotted a few grammatical errors and punctual mistakes. But other than that I loved this book.
There were some themes and words in it that I think children may not understand and perhaps shouldn't read.
However all in all, I will definitely be getting the next book!
I spotted a few grammatical errors and punctual mistakes. But other than that I loved this book.
There were some themes and words in it that I think children may not understand and perhaps shouldn't read.
However all in all, I will definitely be getting the next book!
February 12, 2022
One of my favourite childhood books
June 9, 2022
This book is personally my favourite book I have read by Jaqueline Wilson; I would highly recommend this book as it has made me love it .
July 4, 2022
This is one of the first books I fell in love with, and probably read hundreds of times already. I forgot to put it in 'Read', I finished the umpteenth read a few days ago.
December 15, 2024
Oh, I'd forgot the father, what a surprise. I know I read three of these years ago. Love Hetty Feather, what a wonderful plot. I was waiting on Jem being at the end but that bit must be in the second book.
I love Ida and Polly. It will have happened in real life too, to some orphans. I love Ma and Pa too, what wonderful foster parents- there was no nastiness.
I love Ida and Polly. It will have happened in real life too, to some orphans. I love Ma and Pa too, what wonderful foster parents- there was no nastiness.
July 22, 2023
Truly amazing!
March 29, 2022
A trip to Memory Lane--
This book is the materialistic representation of my fifth-grade literary persona.
Fifth-grade is when I picked this book up and devoured it a great many times. I was the fifth-grader hooked on lenghty fantasy novels or colorful manuscripts with glittering titles.
It's a sweet treasure of a book. The author does a splendid job plunging us into both austere and dreamlike settings, all the while framing the entire story in the Victorian Times.
Hetty Feather is a foundling, abandoned by her mother at birth. The first six years of life she spends nurtured by a kindly foster family, pent-up in the country-side. She is loved and she grows to love, forming exquisite bonds, especially with her older foster brother, Jem.
Hetty is a charismatic heroine with a voice of her own.
She is often ill-tempered but well-intentioned, compassionate and caring. She isn't perfect, but she is forgiving. Furthermore, her fondness of writing pairs nicely with her premise.]
Her character is also very melodromatic, at times, and alike Anne of Green Gables's.
This book is meant to be for preteens.
Which means the prose and pacing may sound childish, too. I had been the right age when I was in fifth-grade, surely. But as I've read it again recently, the story and the atmosphere and the characters felt powerful all the same, yet I've outgrown the prose.
It's all right.
These things are bound to happen.
We read books and we outgrow them. Some latch onto our hearts while others ascend after a while.
This one is always precious, regardless.
This book is the materialistic representation of my fifth-grade literary persona.
Fifth-grade is when I picked this book up and devoured it a great many times. I was the fifth-grader hooked on lenghty fantasy novels or colorful manuscripts with glittering titles.
It's a sweet treasure of a book. The author does a splendid job plunging us into both austere and dreamlike settings, all the while framing the entire story in the Victorian Times.
Hetty Feather is a foundling, abandoned by her mother at birth. The first six years of life she spends nurtured by a kindly foster family, pent-up in the country-side. She is loved and she grows to love, forming exquisite bonds, especially with her older foster brother, Jem.
Hetty is a charismatic heroine with a voice of her own.
She is often ill-tempered but well-intentioned, compassionate and caring. She isn't perfect, but she is forgiving. Furthermore, her fondness of writing pairs nicely with her premise.]
Her character is also very melodromatic, at times, and alike Anne of Green Gables's.
This book is meant to be for preteens.
Which means the prose and pacing may sound childish, too. I had been the right age when I was in fifth-grade, surely. But as I've read it again recently, the story and the atmosphere and the characters felt powerful all the same, yet I've outgrown the prose.
It's all right.
These things are bound to happen.
We read books and we outgrow them. Some latch onto our hearts while others ascend after a while.
This one is always precious, regardless.
July 17, 2020
Akankah Hetty berhasil menemukan ibunya? Demikian pertanyaan yang ada di cover buku ini. Karena Hetty Feather adalah seorang anak yatim piatu disebuah panti asuhan “Foundling Hospital”. Hetty tidak menyukai namanya, dia yakin dia punya nama indah yang diberikan ibunya saat lahir .
Hetty lahir pada tahun 1876 pada masa Ratu Victoria di kerajaan Inggris. Hetty sangat terobsesi menemukan ibunya, dengan khayalan dan imaginasi untuk melupakan kedukaan dan kesengsaraannya sebagai anak yatim piatu. Bagi orang dewasa Hetty anak badung jelmaan setan berambut merah. Namun sebenarnya Hetty anak pemberani, pintar, penyayang dan terbuka mengemukakan pendapatnya. Hetty memang keras kepala, dia tidaka menerima kata tidak, selalu berkeinginan kuat dan berjuang untuk apa yang diinginkannya. Namun kelemahannya Hetty tidak bisa menambal pakaian dengan rapi.
Dengan kepolosan pemikirannya, Hetty mencari ibu kandung yang dianggapnya memenuhi khayalan kanak-kanaknya yang indah. Hetty yakin pemain sirkus, primadona sirkus keliling The Great Tanglefield bernama Adeline adalah ibu kandungnya karena rambut mereka berdua yang sama merahnya. Adeline mengajaknya tampil dipanggung dan memanggilnya bintang kecilku. Sirkus yang ditonton Hetty dengan cara mengendap-endap masuk dari bawah tenda pada salah satu petualangannya bersama Jen, anak ibu asuhnya.
Hetty yang berandal, Hetty yang kesepian, Hetty yang tidak ingin hanya berakhir menjadi pelayan seumur hidup. Banyak sekali kejadian-kejadian yang lucu sekaligus menyedihkan harus dialami anak sekecil Hetty.
Sungguh menyedihkan kondisi anak-anak di panti asuhan pada masa itu. Hetty hanyalah si 25629, nomor anak yang ada di panti. Dengan pengasuh yang galak dan kejam, harus mematuhi segala aturan yang ketat, makanan yang seadanya, pakaian yang harus sering ditisik dan tidak menyediakan celana dalam. Hal yang cukup memalukan bagi Hetty yang sebelumnya malah memakai celana dalam saat tinggal pada ibu asuh yang dibayar khusus oleh panti untuk membesarkan bayi-bayi yang diantarkan ke panti. Bayi-bayi itu harus diserahkan kembali saat mereka berumur diatas 5 tahun. Semacam sub kontraktor kira-kira.
Masa-masa itu justru masa yang indah dan tak terlupakan bagi Hetty. Untunglah Hetty juga mendapat teman baru, Ida juru masak panti yang suka memberikan tambahan makanan enak untuknya.
Buku ke sekian karya Jacqueline Wilson yang kubaca, dengan cover yang lucu, saat dibeli merupakan karya terbaru yang dirilis Gramedia tahun 2012, jadi sudah menunggu selama lebih kurang 4 tahun baru dibaca . Warbiasa
Hetty lahir pada tahun 1876 pada masa Ratu Victoria di kerajaan Inggris. Hetty sangat terobsesi menemukan ibunya, dengan khayalan dan imaginasi untuk melupakan kedukaan dan kesengsaraannya sebagai anak yatim piatu. Bagi orang dewasa Hetty anak badung jelmaan setan berambut merah. Namun sebenarnya Hetty anak pemberani, pintar, penyayang dan terbuka mengemukakan pendapatnya. Hetty memang keras kepala, dia tidaka menerima kata tidak, selalu berkeinginan kuat dan berjuang untuk apa yang diinginkannya. Namun kelemahannya Hetty tidak bisa menambal pakaian dengan rapi.
Dengan kepolosan pemikirannya, Hetty mencari ibu kandung yang dianggapnya memenuhi khayalan kanak-kanaknya yang indah. Hetty yakin pemain sirkus, primadona sirkus keliling The Great Tanglefield bernama Adeline adalah ibu kandungnya karena rambut mereka berdua yang sama merahnya. Adeline mengajaknya tampil dipanggung dan memanggilnya bintang kecilku. Sirkus yang ditonton Hetty dengan cara mengendap-endap masuk dari bawah tenda pada salah satu petualangannya bersama Jen, anak ibu asuhnya.
Hetty yang berandal, Hetty yang kesepian, Hetty yang tidak ingin hanya berakhir menjadi pelayan seumur hidup. Banyak sekali kejadian-kejadian yang lucu sekaligus menyedihkan harus dialami anak sekecil Hetty.
Sungguh menyedihkan kondisi anak-anak di panti asuhan pada masa itu. Hetty hanyalah si 25629, nomor anak yang ada di panti. Dengan pengasuh yang galak dan kejam, harus mematuhi segala aturan yang ketat, makanan yang seadanya, pakaian yang harus sering ditisik dan tidak menyediakan celana dalam. Hal yang cukup memalukan bagi Hetty yang sebelumnya malah memakai celana dalam saat tinggal pada ibu asuh yang dibayar khusus oleh panti untuk membesarkan bayi-bayi yang diantarkan ke panti. Bayi-bayi itu harus diserahkan kembali saat mereka berumur diatas 5 tahun. Semacam sub kontraktor kira-kira.
Masa-masa itu justru masa yang indah dan tak terlupakan bagi Hetty. Untunglah Hetty juga mendapat teman baru, Ida juru masak panti yang suka memberikan tambahan makanan enak untuknya.
Buku ke sekian karya Jacqueline Wilson yang kubaca, dengan cover yang lucu, saat dibeli merupakan karya terbaru yang dirilis Gramedia tahun 2012, jadi sudah menunggu selama lebih kurang 4 tahun baru dibaca . Warbiasa
April 27, 2025
Hetty Feather is a classic Jaqueline Wilson book and i would recommend it for all ages after 8. The story line features lots of twists, leaving you to never know whats coming up. I would definitely recommend!
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April 5, 2016The Hetty Feather Trilogy is a very well known children's book series written by the award winning author Jacqueline Wilson.The other books in this series include Sapphire Battersea and Emerald Star.Jacqueline Wilson also writes many other books that are suitable first r ages like Lola Rose, The Diamond Girls, Clean Break and many other enjoyable books.
During this series a young girl is given away to The Foundling Hospital as her mother cannot afford to look after her properly.The young girl named Hetty Feather spends her first five years being looked after by a loving foster family just like all the other foundling children.Only days after her fifth birthday she gets taken away to the horrid Foundling Hospital where every body hates her.Through this book it tells you about Hetty's hardships at the hospital and her attempts to find her long lost family and to find a Better life outside of the hospitals walls.
Through her years Hetty makes friend makes a few friends like Ida the kitchen maid and her best ever friend Polly.I like this book because even though it is not that easy to relate to it has many gage twists that keep you on the edge of your seat.These books are also very sad as throughout Hetty's life everybody she is closest to gets taken away from her.
I would recommend this book series to older children and people that love books with massive plot twist and adventure.
During this series a young girl is given away to The Foundling Hospital as her mother cannot afford to look after her properly.The young girl named Hetty Feather spends her first five years being looked after by a loving foster family just like all the other foundling children.Only days after her fifth birthday she gets taken away to the horrid Foundling Hospital where every body hates her.Through this book it tells you about Hetty's hardships at the hospital and her attempts to find her long lost family and to find a Better life outside of the hospitals walls.
Through her years Hetty makes friend makes a few friends like Ida the kitchen maid and her best ever friend Polly.I like this book because even though it is not that easy to relate to it has many gage twists that keep you on the edge of your seat.These books are also very sad as throughout Hetty's life everybody she is closest to gets taken away from her.
I would recommend this book series to older children and people that love books with massive plot twist and adventure.
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November 17, 2020
Jacqueline Wilson has been a fond author of mine since I was a child, and I still can’t part with her books and they remain on my shelf to this day! I’d never read Hetty Feather though and already being a fan, I decided to pick this one up and give it a read. It gave me major Anne of the Green Gables vibes, with the fiery main character of Hetty and her strong imagination and endless questions.
I adored this book and it was lovely to read Hettys accounts and re-tellings of her life. She is fiercely strong, loving and mischievous and can almost be imagined as a Tracy Beaker of her time. It was great to read from the Victorian era and I really loved the story. The pages flew by and now I realise I will have to find the others so they can join my little collection on my shelf!
I adored this book and it was lovely to read Hettys accounts and re-tellings of her life. She is fiercely strong, loving and mischievous and can almost be imagined as a Tracy Beaker of her time. It was great to read from the Victorian era and I really loved the story. The pages flew by and now I realise I will have to find the others so they can join my little collection on my shelf!
July 3, 2012
Hetty Feather is a sweet book about a girl who searches to find her mother. She has to overcome lots of challenges of the horrid foundling hospital. It shows a roller coaster of emotion, I found myself near tears when Nurse Winnie first fed the milk to baby Hetty and so happy when Hetty found her new friend Polly. I rate it four stars because Hetty's character can seem annoying and immature even when she is 11 years old, and it is quite unusual that she doesn't seem to think at all before she acts. But overall, a great book!
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