June 2019 Book of the Month, A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month June 2019
The opportunities the suffragette movement offered for bright girls like Daisy, the twelve year old star of this exciting and award-winning story, is brilliantly capture in a book that is full of bustle and energy and danger. Growing up in cramped conditions in the East End of London Daisy’s life is hard. When she’s not at school where she is always in trouble for being too smart, she helps her mum with her younger sister and baby twin brothers. But Daisy has always had dreams of a brighter future: she knows that when she grows up she wants to become a nurse like the great Florence Nightingale. But Daisy is watching her own mother have little chance of doing what she really wants so what chance will she have since she is just a girl? When Daisy meets the suffragettes everything changes. It is scary to think what she would have to give up but Daisy is prepared to do anything to enjoy the new kind of freedom they are offering. Barbara Mitchelhill is skilfully at bringing this important and fascinating moment to life.
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This book is a blend of history and fun fiction which is really enjoyable.
Secret Suffragette is about a 12 year old called Daisy. She dreams of following in the footsteps of her hero Florence Nightingale and becoming a nurse. Unfortunately it seems that her dream will not come true, as her father wants her to leave school and start work. But then she meets the suffragettes and realises that maybe her dream can come true. But being a suffragette is dangerous and she risks her life every time she hits the street. I really enjoyed reading this book Daisy has a great character and it has a great story line.... Read Full Review
A 5/5 book, my favourite character was Sylvia Pankhurst because, even after being in jail and ill from it, she still spoke at a suffragette event. I love Secret Suffragette!!!!
Secret Suffragette is a very enjoyable book for fans of Hetty Feather and Goodnight Stories For Rebel Girls. Daisy is a young girl living in the east end of London, her family does not have many luxuries and might have to take her away from school so that she can work in the factory. She is distraught! How can she be a nurse, like her role model Florence Nightingale, without going to school? But then Daisy and her mother meet the suffragettes... and she realizes that she can be anything she wants, she just has to fight for it! Being a suffragette is risky, and she must risk getting in trouble with her father, who believes that a suitable place for a woman is at home. Five out of five!!!!!!... Read Full Review
My favourite part of the book was when Daisy went up the monument to commemorate the Great Fire of London, to throw flyers from the top.
The book, Secret Suffragette, is about a twelve-year-old girl called Daisy. She wants to be a nurse. Then she joins the suffragettes to try and achieve her dream. I really liked this book because of the fact that there are references to real people (eg. Sylvia Pankhurst, Florence Nightingale). My favourite part of the book was when Daisy went up the monument to commemorate the Great Fire of London, to throw flyers from the top.... Read Full Review
