Rose Rivers (World of Hetty Feather)

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The character I didn’t like was Rose’s brother, Rupert. He is vain and doesn’t think about anyone but himself. He doesn’t listen to what Rose is trying to tell him and he always acts like the perfect child in front of everyone but Rose and won’t admit when he is wrong. I know you find still-life compositions boring, Rose, but they teach you observation and perspective and shading. They will bring your sketches to life, so that they seem realistic representations.’ When I’d finished sketching, Papa wanted to see my portrait, but I wouldn’t let him. I didn’t want him to see what a failure I was. He is always hopeful that one of us will show artistic talent. He does his best to be encouraging. He praises Algie’s scribbles even when they’re in inappropriate places like the whitewashed nursery cupboards or the hall skirting board. How can I wait five whole years anyway?’ I said instead. ‘Couldn’t I go to a boarding school where they have a good art teacher?’

The time the story is set in changed the way everyone talked and the manners and social etiquette of parties and other occasions. One other big change is what is expected for women and men and their different rolls: Rose was expected to stay at home and have no education, where as her brother went to school and was expected to inherit his granddad’s business. Rose Rivers is one of the best Jacqueline Wilson books I have ever read. I love the fact that it didn’t have to be set anywhere that exciting, just the streets of London, but it was very interesting to read. I found the character of the dad very interesting in the way he was the kindest in the family. They were really rich but not that happy and it made me sad when Rose went off to boarding school and her dad did not say goodbye.I dare say those waistcoats are bulging with purses of gold coins,’ Mama responded tartly. ‘It would be a great help if you cared to contribute to the household finances.’

I love your drawings, Rose. They’re very lively and amusing, but I think it’s time for you to learn to sketch properly. You should draw from life,’ he said now, unusually serious. I really liked Rose Rivers because of how emotional it made me feel; it was as if I was Rose, standing there and watching everything happen. Jacqueline Wilson is an amazing author andI would really recommend her. The storyfeels so realistic and interesting especially as I love the Victorians. I would rate this book 5 stars. During the book rose develops a crush on a young artist named Paris Walker, she grows very attached as he shows interest in her artistic ability when other snub her. He encourages her throughout the book while he paints her mothers portrait (she draws crude sketches of this process taking place). Eventually she ends up kissing him and he is banished from the household while she is sent away to school. I found Beth an interesting character as she wasn’t really understood by the other characters and she was very different. I found Beth very interesting. I didn’t like the character of Rose as I thought she was very privileged and a little bit annoying. From this book I learned more about the different ways girls were treated from boys in Victorian times. The book was set in the Victorian era which is one of my favourite eras in History to learn and read about. The plot of Rose Rivers was both light-hearted and serious as it was about a normal girl who just wanted to be able to go to a boarding school like her twin brother, but it also highlighted some big issues of that time including the divide between men and women and briefly the divide between the wealthy and poor. I would definitely recommend this book to other people who like the Victorian era and find that interesting.It has so many interesting elements. I always appreciate historical fiction, especially when it is so child friendly and relatable. Children in the 21st century can easily relate to Rose and other characters, such as Sebastian. I thoroughly enjoyed this book because it has a bit of history and it has problems that people in that time struggled with. The main character, Rose, has 6 other siblings including her twin brother Rupert. A series of different things happen and she does lots of things to help her troubled sister Beth. The book includes the characters Hetty Feather from the books Hetty Feather, Sapphire Battersea, Emerald Star, Hetty Feather’s Journal, and Hetty’s Christmas. And it also includes Clover Moon from the book Clover Moon. I would rate this book 9.5 out of 10 and I would say it is for people between 10 – 14. Beth her youngest sister loves dolls and her father meets Clover Moon there and takes her on as Beth's and the other children's nursery maid. They also have Hetty for Christmas as Sarah Smith comes to Christmas dinner with them too.

He laughed at this. He doesn’t mind if we argue with him, so long as we do it politely. He actively encourages us to discuss and dispute. She misses her brother very much. But then she makes two new friends, though neither are considered suitable: the new nursery maid, Clover Moon, and her father’s bohemian protégé, Paris Walker. Rose suddenly finds her life turned upside down … She is such a prolific author. I did not know she wrote about times long ago though. My daughter has read some of hers. Good review that made me think these are worth looking into further, #ReadWithMe Post a Reply 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.I learnt how children in the Victorian times were treated and how boys were allowed to go to school but girls weren’t. It showed the children could become servants from the age of 11. What is wrong with mothers in JW books? They're either incredible, working mums, snappish, evil, pressuring non-working mums or dead. I understand that it makes a good novel, but eyou know what also makes a good novel? A bit of variety. I would not recommend the book because although the story was good, it was ruined by the ending. It did not come to a complete conclusion and it came to an abrupt finish. Decided to take this one slower than other books I've read so far this year. I remember reading Hetty Feather ten years ago not long after it was published, and her brief reappearance, along with Wilson's writing in general, made me feel nostalgic for my cousin's box room where we used to hunch over books with endless cups of tea.... Our governess, Miss Rayner, sometimes arranges odds and ends that she feels are ‘artistic’ for us to paint with our shared box of Winsor & Newton watercolours. Last time she gathered a blue and white striped milk jug from the kitchen, a garish china couple won at a fairground, a bowl of fruit and a posy of violets in a pink pot. I tried reasonably hard, but the milk jug tilted alarmingly, the china couple looked drunk, the bowl of fruit wouldn’t stay circular and the posy wilted before I could finish it.