{"product_id":"the-lottie-project","title":"The Lottie Project","description":"\u003cp\u003eJacqueline Wilson is a bestselling author in England, second only to J. K.\u003cbr\u003eRowling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie's world is changing -- for the worse. Her new teacher refuses to call\u003cbr\u003eher anything but Charlotte. (Blech!) And forces her to sit next to Jamie\u003cbr\u003eEdwards, the most revolting stuck-up boring boy in the whole class. (Yuck!) And\u003cbr\u003eassigns her a project on the boring Victorian period. (Ugh!) But Charlie's\u003cbr\u003edreary research -- and her active imagination -- leads to some interesting\u003cbr\u003ediscoveries. Like Lottie . . . A nursemaid whose life in the Victorian era\u003cbr\u003eholds some interesting parallels to Charlie's own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003eWilson (Double Act) here introduces an animated heroine who delivers droll\u003cbr\u003eobservations in a self-assured voice with a decidedly British accent. 'I love\u003cbr\u003efooling around, doing crazy things and being a bit sassy and making everyone\u003cbr\u003elaugh,' announces Charlie (short for Charlotte). Her engaging prattle\u003cbr\u003echronicles events at school--where she tangles with her teacher, bickers with\u003cbr\u003eher best friends and works on a project about Victorian life--as well as\u003cbr\u003ehappenings at home. Charlie's newly unemployed single mother takes on three\u003cbr\u003epart-time positions, the most notable being a job as caregiver for a youngster\u003cbr\u003ewho lives with his father. Much to the girl's chagrin, her mother takes a fancy\u003cbr\u003eto her employer. Their evolving relationship provides the backdrop for the\u003cbr\u003enovel's most dramatic and poignant scenes, in which Wilson reveals her ability\u003cbr\u003eto elicit tears as well as laughter. Between chapters, readers find reproduced\u003cbr\u003e'pages' from Charlie's school report--journal-like entries written by a poor\u003cbr\u003eVictorian girl who leaves home to help support her family. Wilson creatively\u003cbr\u003ereshapes Charlie's own experiences to depict the plight of a girl living 100\u003cbr\u003eyears earlier, thus adding new dimension to Charlie's perceptions while\u003cbr\u003eoffering intriguing period particulars. Sharratt's lively, doodled spot\u003cbr\u003edrawings further reinforce the protagonist's view of life, both present and\u003cbr\u003epast. To borrow a phrase from Charlie, it would be 'easy peasy, simple pimple'\u003cbr\u003eto welcome her back. Ages 8-12. (Oct.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business\u003cbr\u003eInformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLibrary Journal\u003cbr\u003eGr 4-6-Charlotte (Charlie) Enright thinks her first day of school will be\u003cbr\u003e'Easy-peasy, simple-pimple'-until she meets her new teacher. Miss Beckworth is\u003cbr\u003ea no-nonsense type, whereas outspoken Charlie likes to play the class clown. To\u003cbr\u003emake matters worse, Miss Beckworth assigns seats alphabetically and Charlie\u003cbr\u003eends up sitting next to Jamie Edwards, the perennial teachers' pet. This year,\u003cbr\u003ethe class is focusing on the Victorian period; each student is required to do a\u003cbr\u003especial project on the era. When Charlie spots a photograph of a nurserymaid\u003cbr\u003eabout her age, she names her Lottie and writes a diary from the servant's point\u003cbr\u003eof view. Lottie's fictional diary entries alternate with Charlie's own story,\u003cbr\u003ewith the former adding historical detail, and both narratives reflecting the\u003cbr\u003echanges in the girl's life. And things are changing for Charlie: her single\u003cbr\u003emother loses her job and becomes romantically involved with the father of the\u003cbr\u003echild she now baby-sits, her best friends are suddenly boy crazy, and she finds\u003cbr\u003eout that Jamie isn't all that bad after all. Wilson has written a funny,\u003cbr\u003ethoughtful novel with a well-developed main character. Charlie's emotions and\u003cbr\u003ereactions are true to life-frustration, jealousy, and uncertainty about the\u003cbr\u003efuture. By turns poignant and humorous, this book is a winner. Sharratt's\u003cbr\u003eentertaining pen-and-ink illustrations are scattered throughout, highlighting\u003cbr\u003edetails from the text.-Terrie Dorio, Santa Monica Public Library, CA Copyright\u003cbr\u003e1999 Cahners Business Information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003eCharlie likes her life, and would like everything to stay just as it is, but\u003cbr\u003eFate has other plans for her: a strict new teacher, Miss Beckworth (who insists\u003cbr\u003eon calling her Charlotte), a different seat assignment (next to Jamie Edwards),\u003cbr\u003eand a mother who's acting as if her new employer is more than just a friend. As\u003cbr\u003eCharlie's perfect life starts to unravel, she takes refuge in a school proje\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51273202958619,"sku":"9780440868538","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/4363\/4203\/files\/9780440868538.jpg?v=1771449514","url":"https:\/\/abcschoolsupplies.ie\/products\/the-lottie-project","provider":"ABC School Supplies ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}