

If she chooses to stay behind, everything will be different. He lives for her weekly visits and the chance to feed her chip butties without her mum finding out.įloss soon finds herself in an impossible situation. She’s excited about the prospect of a trip of a lifetime but what about her dad? He may only be the less well-off and unsuccessful owner of a down-at-heel greasy spoon café, but she is all he has got in the world to look forward to. When Steve drops the bombshell that he has been asked to go and work in Sydney, and that they’re all moving to Australia for six months, Floss cannot believe it. Candlyfloss effortlessly draws its young readers into its pages from the beginning, immediately making connections with a readership that idolises the author’s every literary effort.įloss lives with her mum and her mum’s new husband-the super ambitious Steve-and her half-brother Tiger. Jacqueline Wilson’s latest story is a winning combination of realistic characters, entertaining drama and moving encounters. The Children’s Laureate has done it again.
