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|title=Vicky Angel

|author=Jacqueline Wilson

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|pages=160

|publisher=Corgi Childrens

|isbn=0440864151

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Jade and Vicky have always been best friends - ever since they were really, really little. They're inseparable and walk around in that way young girls have, arms linked, shutting out everybody else. Vital, dynamic Vicky is the dominant one of the two, she's popular and outgoing and loves to take the lead. She's not above a bit of manipulation and emotional blackmail to get her own way though, and get her own way she invariably does because her friend Jade is a quiet, shy, unassuming little girl who loves Vicky in a way that borders on hero-worship.

I was amazed by Vicky Angel, it blew me away - I suppose I expected something good after the awards and the rave reviews, but I really wasn't expecting anything this good. I don't believe in hiding sadness, or anything else for that matter, from children, however hard it is. I don't think Jacqueline Wilson does either and I'll be sure to be reading more of her.

A more poetic book that asks young children to accept death is [[The Crowstarver]] by Dick King Smith.

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I cried (mind you, I also cried at the Cat Mummy, which is for even younger children and at the Illustrated Mum, for older). Thinking about it, I cry at the drop of a hat.

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