The Unstoppable Letty Pegg
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:6th Feb '20
Should be back in stock very soon
A brilliant debut historical adventure about the fight for women's votes from writer and comedian Iszi Lawrence, perfect for fans of Emma Carroll, The Princess and the Suffragette, and Opal Plumstead.
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A brilliant debut historical adventure from writer and comedian Iszi Lawrence, perfect for fans of Emma Carroll, The Princess and the Suffragette, and Opal Plumstead.
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The story of the suffragettes with the Jiu Jitsu and roller-skating left in... this impeccably researched debut novel from Iszi Lawrence shows the fight for women's suffrage as it really was.
Lettice Pegg's father is a working-class policeman and her mother is a middle-class suffragette. Stuck between them (and her terrifying grandma) as they argue, Lettice mostly cares about trying to fit in at school and convincing her parents to let her have roller skates and go to the music hall. But, when Lettice sees her mother brutally thrown to the ground by a policeman while on a protest march, her life changes forever. Not all of the women on the march are vulnerable to attack. Some of them have a secret weapon: Jiu Jitsu.
As the suffragettes welcome Lettice to the fight back, things at home go from bad to worse. Can Lettice bring her family back together and keep her new friends?
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'Thoroughly recommended' - Books for Keeps
'A superb read' -The Reading Realm
Letty and her friends and rivals are great characters, as are the real life people she comes across at different times in her adventures. Thoroughly recommended. -- Andrea Reece * Books for Keeps *
The Unstoppable Letty Pegg is an outstanding and immersive piece of Historical fiction that has been deeply and lovingly researched to be as authentic as possible whilst still being accessible and exciting for the young reader. * Lily and the Fae *
The Unstoppable Letty Pegg is a wonderfully readable and enjoyable story, exploring a fascinating period of history. * North Somerset Teachers' Book Awards Blog *
This book is packed with tiny details of life for an ordinary girl at that time.... The plot not only deals with the right to vote for women but also racism, class and the ordinary struggles of friendship. -- Jacqueline Harris * Reading Zone *
With Jiu-Jitsu, Suffragettes, roller skates and a hilariously funny Nativity scene this is a superb read exploring the struggle for Women’s Rights and the perceptions of race and class in the early 1900s. * The Reading Realm *
PRAISE FOR BLACKBEARD'S TREASURE
This is children's fiction at its best ... Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson.
PRAISE FOR BILLIE SWIFT TAKES FLIGHT
It is brimming with historical detail and really highlights the heroic nature of some very inspirational women. It would be an excellent class story that would provide children with a tale about a thrilling war-time adventure.
ISBN: 9781472962478
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 292g
368 pages