The story of Daisy, a would be nurse growing up in London’s East End at the beginning of the twentieth century. Who will she meet to help her on her way, and will her dreams become true?
Secret Suffragette
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Description
Twelve-year-old Daisy’s hero is Florence Nightingale, and she hopes to one day become a nurse just like her. But as a girl growing up in the East End of London in 1912, it seems like all her future holds is dropping out of school to work a tough job in a factory for very little money.
Then Daisy meets the suffragettes, who are fighting for the rights of women and the poor. They show her that she might be able to achieve her dreams after all. But being a suffragette is dangerous, and Daisy must risk getting in trouble with her dad, neighbours and even the police if she wants to do her bit.
Barbara Mitchelhill trained as a teacher, and it was while she was teaching that she began writing for BBC children’s TV. She went on to write for educational publishers before writing novels for children. Secret Suffragette blends the lovely story of Daisy, a very resolute young lady, with historical events and characters from a very exciting period of history.
Winner of the Young Quills Prize for Historical Fiction
Author – Barabara Mitchelhill
Format – Paperback
Publisher – Andersen Press
Pub date – 2019
ISBN – 9781783448333
Pages – 241
Weight – 210g
Dimensions – 198mm x 129mm x 15mm
