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Hetty Feather

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Hetty Feather by Jacqueline Wilson

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By Jacqueline Wilson

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It’s London, 1876 and Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at the Foundling Hospital. The Hospital cares for abandoned children – but Hetty must first live with a foster family until she is big enough to go to school. Life in the countryside is hard but with her ‘brothers’ Jem and Gideon, she plays imaginary games.

Reviews

27 Aug 2025

Wow. I recommend this book. It is very funny and veryyy intresting

15 Aug 2025

Highly recommended to Jacqueline Wilson fans.

10 Aug 2025

I would definitely recommend this book. I liked when Hetty had to try and run away, it was very funny.

06 Aug 2025

recommend.

19 Jul 2025

It was about a girl called Hetty Feather who is from the foundling hospital. There she faces many hardships and challenges, all while trying to find her real mother.
This was an amazing read and I would totally recommend this to someone else!!

02 Sep 2024

My favourite character was Hetty because she was strong and brave even through her hardest times. I would recommend it

20 Aug 2024

I read this book several times and I love it. It's so fun learning about the Victorians. It got me watching the TV series too.

18 Aug 2024

the most amazing book ive ever read

18 Aug 2024

the most amazing book ive ever read

04 Aug 2024

It was a really emotive book with surprises every time you turned a page.
A descriptive material to enjoy.

17 Jul 2024

It was a good story because she found her mum and the sad bit is that she didn’t really like her name. The boys were bullying her step brother.

06 Jul 2024

I love this book it entices me in especially when she was in the foundling hospital

06 Jul 2024

love it

19 Jun 2024

Sad

20 Mar 2024

love this
totally amazing

23 Jan 2024

I liked reading this because I watched the series in cbbc

27 Dec 2023

This is so good!

22 Dec 2023

This book is about a young foundling child who is brought up in a kind foster home. In the foundling hospital, they burn her Sunday best clothes shave her hair, and rash her rag baby it's torture for her in the foundling hospital.

22 Dec 2023

It was an amazing book .I liked how it was set in the Victorian times .It was so interesting . I would highly recommend this very interesting book .Jacqueline Wilson wrote it so realistically that I could imagine I was in the moment .

19 Dec 2023

I really liked how Hetty really wanted to go away from Sheila, Matron. The book made me want to run free.

11 Nov 2023

great tension, heart-breaking

06 Sep 2023

This book was not as exciting as the other ones. Some parts I didn’t like but it was good.

04 Sep 2023

I really liked Hetty Feather because she always managed to defend herself from the matron and the bullies and I really like her adventurous spirit

30 Aug 2023

A realy good book a must read

29 Aug 2023

Quite a sad book in places, but really enjoyed reading it.

25 Aug 2023

Rude funny Hetty’s long search to find her mum

18 Aug 2023

I enjoyed this so much!

15 Aug 2023

This book is ace. I cannot believe how much it just sucked me in. I felt I was hetty/sapphire herself. Wandering the streets, locked in the attic every step hetty was with me. I would defo reccomend this book to someone else. Jacqueline Wilson you have outdone yourself again

01 Aug 2023

A momentarily story

25 Jul 2023

Amazing
Spectacular
Perfect
read it
funny
fun
Just read it

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