![]() ![]() She struggles to get along with her other workers, who think she's snobby and stuck up.īut Opal idolises Mrs Roberts, the factory's beautiful, dignified owner. Yet her scholarship and dreams of university are snatched away when her father is sent to prison, and fourteen-year-old Opal must start work at the Fairy Glen sweet factory to support her family. Opal Plumstead might be plain, but she has always been fiercely intelligent. A brilliant wartime story from one of the nation's best-loved authors, starring her most outspoken, fiery and unforgettable heroine yet: Opal Plumstead, schoolgirl, sweet factory worker and Suffragette.įrom the beloved children's author of Hetty Feather, Tracy Beaker and Rose Rivers. ![]()
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