My Secret Diary: Dating, Dancing, Dreams and Dilemmas Award-winning author by Jacqueline Wilson (author)

Author/Illustrator

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, but spent most of her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames. She always wanted to be a writer and wrote her first “novel” when she was nine, filling countless Woolworths’ exercise books as she grew up. Since having her daughter, Emma, she has been writing full time.

Her insightful and emotionally challenging books not only stretch reading ability, but give young readers a glimpse into many kinds of lives. Smart girls, strong girls, bad girls, brave girls. Girls keeping their families going, girls trying to get away… Jacqueline Wilson’s written about them all! These powerful stories of plucky girls in difficult circumstances won’t fail to strike a chord.

She has written over 70 best-selling books, and several have even been adapted for TV – most famously The Story of Tracy Beaker. Her signing sessions attract huge crowds of fans and last for hours! Over 25 million copies of her books have now been sold in the UK alone.

In 2007 Jacky Daydream was published, an inspirational true story of how a shy schoolgirl became a superstar author. This was followed by My Secret Diary, a captivating account of Jacky’s teenage years.

In June 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools, and she was the Children’s Laureate from 2005-2007. She also became a Dame in December 2007.

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1. cupcake5
   on 15 May 2015

   it is quiet a good book about Jacqueline Wilson’s life as a teenager

   4 out of 5

2. books2000
   on 8 March 2014

   its good

3. roseyclo
   on 6 March 2014

   very good.

4. abby840
   on 23 March 2013

   i need this book cause i love jackies book! literally everyone loves her of course! duh shes like amazing! i will love it!

   5 out of 5

5. CookieM
   on 9 March 2013

   This book tells us about Jacqueline Wilsons life as a teen and is written like her other books. It’s a good read

   4 out of 5

6. bouncybunny
   on 8 March 2013

   Totally loved this book really good I can’t believe she wrote some of this book as a child cool wish I could write liked her

7. KarlMagic33
   on 7 March 2013

   Really Good!

8. ellie-melay27
   on 7 March 2013

   really good book! i love jacqueline wilson a lot! she is one of my favourite authors. the sequel to jacky daydream

9. samcharlie123
   on 6 March 2013

   Another great book by Jacky Wilson. Her diary when she was a teen.

   4 out of 5

10. hameelah786
    on 5 March 2013

    hmmm…. i didn’t enjoy it as MUCH as her other books it was ok

    3 out of 5

11. swimming10
    on 4 March 2013

    Really Good!

12. lucysuperdream
    on 4 March 2013

    I t is a lovely book but i reccomend it for 12 and over

13. ilovegoldfish
    on 29 January 2013

    This is the follow on book from Jacqueline Wilsons first autobiography ‘Jacky Daydream’. They are both brilliant-and should be read ! This book is about JW’s teen years and just how different they are to ours now. This is a brilliant change to fiction and gives lots of facts and info in a griping, true story.

    5 out of 5

14. kookiegirl
    on 6 December 2012

    i loved jacky’s secret diary because it was great to find out about her crush and her first boyfriend and stuff. but i would like to hear a bit more about what her life is like now. it would be great if she wrote a sequel or even a diary of what she does now online, to be updated every day , for all to read. i would deffinatly read it every day. i know it could be a blog. well thats all i have to say (13)lines, i know this is sposed to be a short revew.

    Gabrielle xxx

    5 out of 5

15. Danilocolourful6
    on 16 November 2012

    I loved this book!It tells you a lot about how Jacqueline Wilson delt with teenage issues!If you want to read how she was as a child,the read Jacky daydream!

    4 out of 5

16. lemonade123
    on 12 May 2012

    I loved this book its not like its about Jacqueline herself growing up its like another character! I really enjoyed this book :)

    5 out of 5

17. AmyXx
    on 6 March 2012

    Again it is a must read.

18. la1397
    on 3 March 2012

    I loved this second edition to the books of Jacqueline Wilsons childhood as much as i loved the first, maybe even more, because Jacky was more my age in this book. i loved reading about how she lived in a daydream world, and it was so inspirational to see that although Jacqueline Wilson isn’t an amazing speller, she still manages to be a worldwide brill author. Loved it!!!! :)

19. pawprint2
    on 2 March 2012

    I would love 2 read this

    5 out of 5

20. mutemath4ever
    on 1 March 2012

    This book is non-fiction! It is an honest diary of Jacqueline Wilson’s teenage life. It is funny and interesting – how times have changed since then – Wilson tells us of all her problems and the books she is reading – she was such a bookworm- and about her everyday life. As it is a teenage diary and perfectly honest, i would recommend this book for girls 13+

21. snow-98
    on 27 March 2011

    I think this book is a great book and i enjoyed it.

22. funky11
    on 3 March 2011

    this is better than the first book

23. gethi
    on 3 March 2011

    I think it was pretty boring

    4 out of 5

24. Lolo95
    on 1 March 2011

    Ive started to read this. It tells dos and dont for teenage life is you were back in the old days. Shares her true life with everyone.

25. Lottie-books
    on 27 February 2011

    my secret diary is VERY GOOD!!!!!!!!! It’s brilliant if your a Jacquleine Wilson fan, as you discover a lot of things behind the scenes, and you sometimes understand why Jacky writes some books. I’m DEFINITELY giving 5 stars!!!!!!!!

    5 out of 5

26. wimpy01
    on 29 January 2011

    This book was great, it was sooo interesting to hear about the talented writer. she was normal like having to wear horrible clothes her mum and dad having rows. I give the book 10/10! Well done!!!

    5 out of 5

27. EmilyAlice
    on 20 September 2010

    MMM…

28. strawberryshake999
    on 1 August 2010

    i don’t really like autobiographys. but this book was quite good.

    4 out of 5

29. PixieLott
    on 23 April 2010

    I love having diares, reading diares etc. I really would recommend this book to anyone who is willing to buy this book if you are like me. I like to have and read diares. I do rate this book 10 out of 10. So if you really want to buy this book and you dont have money its really worth begging your parents for just this ammount becuase I personaly think this is the cheapest you can get this book because I have been to WHS Smiths and the book costs over ten (10) pounds so for me it is a lot. Well for me and also for you readers it might me (for me it was) really cheap as obviously it was for me. Well the book is amazing and any of you who really do want to read it Do It its really worth:)

    5 out of 5

30. fruitylipschick
    on 12 January 2010

    I love the way it was connected on to Jacky Daydream

    4 out of 5

31. maisie1998
    on 8 November 2009

    i liked this book a lot and i liked the end chapter with cookie i wonder if that is where she got the name for her book cookie!!

    4 out of 5

32. monkeysbananas
    on 20 September 2009

    I love this book! You can really see how Jacqueline was just like the rest of us! It will probably help you with your problems later on too! READ IT!!!! (only if you love the author as well lol)

    5 out of 5

33. fruitycat113
    on 4 September 2009

    My mum bought this for me the day it came out because i am a huge Jaqueline Wilson fan i even won a Jaqueline Wilson Competition! I would recommend this for 9-12 year-olds.Explains very cleary about her life.

    5 out of 5

34. JackyFan
    on 24 August 2009

    I have got the secret scrapbook and it seems really good

35. Evelyn44
    on 7 August 2009

    It is a really good book to know more about Jacqueline Wilson and her life.

    5 out of 5

36. Lollipopgirl
    on 3 July 2009

    I love the way it carries on from Jacky daydream and it has sort of a comic book thingy at the start and the end!

    5 out of 5

37. BabyLala
    on 21 June 2009

    This was really good it followed on from Jacky Daydream. If you are a jacky fan then this is a great book too read. when i started the book i couldn’t put it down and i loved the secret scrapbook that came with it. Another great novel by are wonderful Jacqueline wilson.

    5 out of 5

38. ellyjelly
    on 8 June 2009

    This book is fantastic so far when I read it all I will write in about it again. ellyjelly xxx

    5 out of 5

39. bookworm12318
    on 7 June 2009

    i loved it. jacquline wilson is my favo author and its good to know more about her!

    5 out of 5

40. Miran
    on 17 May 2009

    I got this book as soon as it came out and read in about a day or two! I loved it!

    5 out of 5

41. flipflopweirdos
    on 25 April 2009

    This book is really good because you can find about about Jacky’s childhood. It is not our favourite though.

    3 out of 5

42. Magicalm
    on 10 March 2009

    This was a great book it was funny 5 stars.

    5 out of 5

43. imissmjxxx
    on 9 March 2009

    i really like Jacqueline & I loved this book about her teenage life!!! I think she is one of the best authors for girls/teens!!! kip it up, jacqueline!!!

    4 out of 5

44. Ashley19
    on 6 March 2009

    This book is good so far

    5 out of 5