Queenie
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4.5 • 166 Ratings
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- £4.99
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
It's 1953, the year Elizabeth is to be crowned Queen of England. Elsie Kettle can't wait to go to London to see the celebrations on Coronation Day. Elsie lives with her Nan - her mum works as a showgirl, so she's not around very often. Spirited and imaginative, but often lonely, Elsie longs for a best friend. Luckily, she and Nan are very close; Elsie just wishes she was allowed a cat to keep her company sometimes.
Then tragedy strikes.
Nan and Elsie both fall ill with tuberculosis, and Elsie finds herself whisked away to the children's ward of the hospital. Confined to bed for months on end, Elsie finds it very hard to adapt to the hospital's strict regime. But she invents astonishing ways of entertaining the other children on the ward, and for the first time finds herself surrounded by true friends - including Queenie, the hospital's majestic white cat.
Finally, Elsie is well enough to leave hospital. But before she does, she has one very special, very unexpected visitor...
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Customer Reviews
Good?
Good but yeah a bit well very sad
Sooo good
Maria issom needs a doctor because this is sooo good 😌
Queenie.
I can’t believe that Maria Issom or whatever hates this book. It (in my opinion) is important to teach children that not everything is fluffy nor pink. And sad books are sad and if you don’t like them write something positive like “this book wasn’t great.” But saying “ThIs bOOk MADe mE Cry IF You lIKEd IT tO You ARe a CRuEL aND HORriBLe PErSon” that author works so hard and to have her work crushed by someone like you, a reader is despicable.