Sapphire Battersea
Paperback Published on: 05/07/2012
Price: £7.99
Synopsis
My name is Sapphire Battersea. Doesn't that sound beautiful?
When Hetty Feather, a foundling, is finally reunited with her mother, she hopes that her beautiful new name, Sapphire Battersea, will also mean a new life! But things don't always go as planned...
The twists and turns of Hetty's adventure are endless - she goes to work as a maid for a wealthy man, and she even finds a new sweetheart!
But Hetty's life may also take a darker path. Can she cope with the trials ahead?
As wise, warm and deliciously readable as ever - Daily Express
Enter the amazing world of Hetty Feather and follow her adventures throughout the series:
1. Hetty Feather
2. Sapphire Battersea
3. Emerald Star
4. Diamond
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN: 9780440869276
- Number of pages: 432
- Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 26 mm
- Interest age: From 9 years
- Weight: 297g
- Languages: English
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Superb sequel to Hetty Feather
Sapphire Battersea continues the story of Hetty Feather who was abandoned as a baby and living in a foundling hospital set in Victorian times.
Now she is 1... READ MORE
Another great read from Jaqueline Wilson
Sapphire Battersea and the rest of the Hetty Feather trilogy should be compulsory reading. The reader is transported in time to a much harsher life. And wh... READ MORE
Awful - So unrealistic
I hated this book. The stupidness of Sapphire really bugged me. Why would you do that to a well paying employer? Even now, people wouldn't dream of doing w... READ MORE
Another of Jacqueline Wilson's masterpieces!
Jacqueline Wilson doesn’t disappoint with her latest book – Sapphire Battersea – the sequel to Hetty Feather. This adventure allows us into Sapphire’s life... READ MORE
I loved this!
I found this book quite emotional, and it was a book that once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down!
Jacqueline does it again - another briliant read!
This is the second book about Hetty Feather, a girl who grew up in a Foundling Hospital, after being left there by her mother. It follows on from the first... READ MORE
Fantastic book
It was my first great purchase......my daughter really loved it!
Loved it!
I loved this new book from one of my favourite authors Jacqueline Wilson. You don't have to have read the first in the series (Hetty Feather) but it does h... READ MORE
A brilliant read!
I've read several of Jaqueline Wilson's books, because they've been recommended to me by my students. However, this one was pleasantly different - having b... READ MORE
Lessons Learnt and Love Lost
In this topsy-turvy chapter of Sapphire Battersea’s life. It shows a fiery young resourceful character who starts off as a maid and learns some very hard l... READ MORE
great
I was blown away by this book. It really is fantastic
I couldn't put it down it was AMAZING!
Jacqueline Wilson is amazing, She wrote an amazing book about Hetty and her mother, also her new life as a servant and her discoveries with Bertie the butc... READ MORE
Sapphire Battersea
This book was very different to the first. Hetty has left the hospital and now works for a wealthy but failing writer. When this doesn't work out, she trav... READ MORE
Hetty is really in trouble now!
As Hetty turns more and more into Sapphire she gets cheekier than ever before.
As I was reading the book I found I could hear all the sounds in the backgro... READ MORE
SAPPHIRE BATTERSEA
GREAT I LOVED THIS ONE
AMAZING!!!
It's the best book ever and a great sequel to hetty feather. Although it's really sad in one part and even I cried it was so sad, but can't wait until the ... READ MORE
An enjoyable read.
Through the brilliant blue eyes of Hetty, children of today can learn more about the children of the past. Of a world of hardships and servitude with the d... READ MORE
an exciting read
Although I had not read the first book in the trilogy, it did not deter from my enjoyment of this story. Set in Victorian England it tells the story of Het... READ MORE
Can't wait!
I absolutely loved Hetty Feather. I was so excited when I found out that there was a second one coming aswell, and I was even more excited when I found out... READ MORE
Sapphire Battersea
i loved this book. i couldnt put it down !!!! i read it in 2 days becasue i loved it to much xxxxxxxxxxxx
Great characters, great plot
When I realised that this novel was the second part of a trilogy I was a little concerned that, having not read any Wilson before and therefore not having ... READ MORE
Great Book!
Sapphire Battersea is a compelling story which illustrates the highs and lows of the 1950s life for a low class orphan. Jacqueline Wilson describes to you ... READ MORE