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Love Lessons

By: Jacqueline Wilson
Narrated by: Finty Williams
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Fourteen-year-old Prue and her sister Grace have been educated at home by their controlling, super-strict father all their lives. Forced to wear Mum's odd hand-made garments and forbidden from reading teenage magazines, they know they're very different to 'normal' girls – but when Dad has a stroke and ends up in hospital, unable to move or speak, Prue suddenly discovers what it's like to have a little freedom.

Sent to a real school for the first time, Prue struggles to fit in. The only person she can talk to is her kindly, young – and handsome – art teacher, Rax. They quickly bond, and Prue feels more and more drawn to him. As her feelings grow stronger, she begins to realise that he might feel the same way about her. But nothing could ever happen between them – could it?

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Critic reviews

'Jacqueline Wilson at her very best.' (Publishing News)
'Sensitive and insightful story ... Demonstrates perfectly why this author is adored by her legions of fans.' (The Bookseller)
'Deserves three cheers ... The most richly enjoyable Wilson novel for years.' (The Times)
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Would you try another book written by Jacqueline Wilson or narrated by Finty Williams?

I love Jacqueline Wilson and if your also a fan of hers than I suggest reading/listening to it, if you don't enjoy her so much than I would choose something else, it was read pretty well. They did voices, which is a bonus.

If you’ve listened to books by Jacqueline Wilson before, how does this one compare?

Jacqueline Wilson's other books are a lot better, definitely try another if you enjoy, or like the look of this, and if you don't try another one of hers their great.

Could you see Love Lessons being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

I can't see it being made into a successful one because it is for children 10 and above and I don't see people finding it that interesting.

fairly good

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Normally this would be bad, I wasn’t expecting the love aspect to be a teacher, I fell asleep listening to it and only woke up in the last couple of chapters which was a horrible shock but Jaqueline Wilson books make me cry, shake with anger, gasp in shock but this one had me retching XD it sounds like such a horrific scenario ugghhhhhh but I’m gonna listen to it again 😭

This book felt like hot sick in my mouth 🤢

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The story is good and funny and interesting this a bit strange at some times
but overall a good book. also I think the ending was not great like many their should be more to it . I would recommend this book for age 11-15 but if you are a more mature 10 year old then it's also good for you . My fav character is Toby or prudence I like Tibet because he is an interesting character and is dyslexic like me so that's why I prefer audio books more. Like prue\prudence because she likes stuff like art and is creative and defraint. Sorry if some of my spelling are wrong as I said I am dyslexic

Saoirse age 10

Good

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It reminded me about a care and why he the sale I still miss the walkers

Remined

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I loved Jacqueline Wilson as a child and have recently been listening to the audiobooks as a bit of nostalgia. I've never read this one before. I think it's commendable that JW challenged such a difficult topic taking into account the way a young person might actually feel i.e. she believes it's a romance rather than abuse because at that age you think you know everything, and are mature even though you really aren't. However, be prepared to feel physically sick at times, I certainly did. I'm not really sure how I feel about this. I think it's good it exists from an educational standpoint but perhaps it needs something explicit at the front or in the blurb explaining that the story is about abuse. Both so that people with trauma can avoid it, but also so that young people reading/listening to it understand that whilst it is the protagonist's perspective that there's nothing wrong with the relationship she is mistaken and when she is older she will likely realise that she is a victim. Otherwise I fear it might make young people reading it feel that pursuing a relationship with an adult is a good thing in some way. This is similar to the Whitney storyline in Eastenders, she believed she was in love with her step-dad, but in fact he was abusing her. I think it's good to be honest about the topic, that victims don't always feel like victims at the time as it helps people to understand the victims position. But I do think as this is a book for young people it needs to be more explicitly stated that something feeling 'right' doesn't mean it is.

Well written but disturbing.

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