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  • Published: 31 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9781448100163
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 160

Jacqueline Hyde



A gripping thriller from master storyteller Robert Swindells.

When Jacqueline Hyde finds the little glass bottle in Grandma's attic her life suddenly changes. Goodbye clean, good Jacqueline. Hello cheeky, loud Jacqueline Bad.

It's fun at first. Exciting. But then Jacqueline Bad gets into serious trouble. And although she keeps trying to be her old self, the bad side just won't let go...

A darkly addictive fable, truly absorbing.

  • Published: 31 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9781448100163
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 160

About the author

Robert Swindells

ROBERT SWINDELLS left school at fifteen to work on a local newspaper. At seventeen, he joined the RAF for three years, then trained and worked as a teacher. He went on to become the author of a number of bestselling titles for the Random House children's list, and in 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD.

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Praise for Jacqueline Hyde

A surprisingly dark allegory about the dangers of "stuff that comes in bottles"

Independent on Sunday

Children who are starting to rebel will find lots to identify with

The School Librarian

Robert Swindells, perhaps more than any other contemporary author, narrates modern-day fables which not only reflect present-day society but also peoples them with living breathing characters. Jacqueline Hyde adds to his soaring reputation as a master story-teller in the Dickensian tradition

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