Books By Jacqueline King - Author

Jacqueline King is a Channel Islander who lives in Somerset, where she has taught all ages for many years. Her Jersey family are from the most southerly parish in the British Isles, where most of her book, A Cake for the Gestapo, and the sequel to it, Lobster Blues She has been writing and telling stories ever since she could hold a pencil and has published poems and articles, some in the Times Educational Supplement and others. After leaving full time teaching, she gave writing workshops in forest school and since publishing A Cake for the Gestapo, she has continued them as well as presentations with audience participation in East Anglia, Somerset and Jersey. The sequel, Lobster Blues, comes out in 2025. Like the first book, it follows a group of fictional Jersey children as they defy the enemy, with catapults, jazz, other tricks including collaboration with a well-trained pig and doing all they can to help hide an escaped prisoner. Both books are based on the German occupation of the Channel Isl