The Lottie Project by Jacqueline Wilson.

'I don't want to do a boring old project. Who wants to be

like everyone else? I'm doing a diary....

Hi! I'm Charlie (DON'T call me Charlotte - ever!).

History is boring, right? Wrong! The Victorians weren't

all deadly dull and drippy. Lottie certainly isn't. She's eleven -

like me - but she's left school and has a job as a nursery maid.

Her life is really hard, just work work work, but I bet she'd know what to do

about my Mum's awful boyfriend and his wimpy little son.

I bet she wouldn't mess it all up like I do....'

From the award-winning author.

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