Sapphire Battersea is a very dark novel in which Sapphire, formerly known as Hetty Feather, faces death, laughter, love and tears.

She leaves the hospital to become a maid and then loses her position. She goes on a journey to visit her beloved mama who now works in little seaside town and meets a kind family called the Greenwood family. They ask her if she would like to come with them but Hetty says no and sets off to find her mama.

Hetty finds her mama and discovers that her lovely mama is sick and is coughing blood! Hetty tells her mama to stop working but her mama refuses. Hetty gets a doctor to the house for a check even though her mother tells Hetty not to. The doctor says that the illness is serious and Hetty's mama needs to be sent to hospital.

So will Hetty face a miserable death or will she lead a happy life with her mama? Find out after reading this mysterious book.

I like this book because it is poignant and full of suspense. The book also tells us how Hetty is growing up. Jacqueline Wilson, to me, is a talented and imaginative author. No wonder she wrote her first book at the age of nine!

I would recommend this book to the age group of nine to 12. I think that the book will be too complicated and sad for children below the age of nine.

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