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UK Writer Jacqueline Wilson Rent a Bridesmaid
Penguin Random House NZ 2016 $35.00pb 361pp
ISBN 978 0 8575 3271 8
Themes: Friendship/ Gay marriage/ Marriage in old age/ Single parent
families
Tilly has a dream of being a bridesmaid in a pink
frilly dress and of walking down the aisle behind a beautiful bride, radiant in
white – and all the better if the bride and groom were her own parents. In some
ways the story sounds just like the mixture as before (and of course in many
ways it is which is what makes Jacqueline Wilson one of the most popular
writers of today.) However, like all her books which are often light and frothy
and totally readable on the top
there are the more serious elements floating just below the surface – how it
feels to have your mother walk away from the family/ the difficulties (and
delights) of a gay marriage/ the agonies of having a best friend who suddenly
seems to like someone else better than you/ getting married at 75/ what happens
when your dad falls in love with your teacher…. Tilly, the catalyst for the
story and who has the brilliant plan of hiring herself out as a bridesmaid, is
an endearing heroine and may well take her place with the other Jacqueline
Wilson superstars -- Hetty
Feather/ Tracy Beaker/ Sapphire Battersea / Opal Plumstead…
Year 6 up/ Age 10 up (but much younger children
will insist on reading it of course)
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