About the Author Jacqueline Wilson is one of Britain’s bestselling authors, with 35 million books sold in the UK. She has been honoured with many prizes for her work, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award and the Children’s Book of the Year. She is the author most often borrowed from libraries over the last decade. Jacqueline is a former Children’s Laureate, a professor of children’s literature and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame for services to children’s literacy.
Also by Jacqueline Wilson Published in Corgi Pups, for beginner readers: THE DINOSAUR’S PACKED LUNCH THE MONSTER STORY-TELLER Published in Young Corgi, for newly confident readers: LIZZIE ZIPMOUTH SLEEPOVERS Available from Doubleday/Corgi Yearling Books: BAD GIRLS THE BED AND BREAKFAST STAR BEST FRIENDS BURIED ALIVE! CANDYFLOSS THE CAT MUMMY CLEAN BREAK CLIFFHANGER COOKIE THE DARE GAME THE DIAMOND GIRLS DOUBLE ACT DOUBLE ACT (PLAY EDITION) GLUBBSLYME HETTY FEATHER THE ILLUSTRATED MUM JACKY DAYDREAM LILY ALONE LITTLE DARLINGS THE LONGEST WHALE SONG THE LOTTIE PROJECT MIDNIGHT THE MUM-MINDER MY SECRET DIARY MY SISTER JODIE SAPPHIRE BATTERSEA
SECRETS STARRING TRACY BEAKER THE STORY OF TRACY BEAKER THE SUITCASE KID VICKY ANGEL THE WORRY WEBSITE THE WORST THING ABOUT MY SISTER Collections: THE JACQUELINE WILSON COLLECTION includes THE STORY OF TRACY BEAKER and THE BED AND BREAKFAST STAR JACQUELINE WILSON’S DOUBLE-DECKER includes BAD GIRLS and DOUBLE ACT JACQUELINE WILSON’S SUPERSTARS includes THE SUITCASE KID and THE LOTTIE PROJECT Available from Doubleday/Corgi Books, for older readers: DUSTBIN BABY GIRLS IN LOVE GIRLS UNDER PRESSURE GIRLS OUT LATE GIRLS IN TEARS KISS LOLA ROSE LOVE LESSONS Join the official Jacqueline Wilson fan club at www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk
EMERALD STAR AN RHCP DIGITAL EBOOK 978 1 446 47981 0 Published in Great Britain by RHCP Digital, an imprint of Random House Children’s Publishers UK A Random House Group Company This ebook edition published 2012 Copyright © Jacqueline Wilson, 2012 Illustrations copyright © Nick Sharratt, 2012 First published in Great Britain by Doubleday in 2012 The right of Jacqueline Wilson to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorized distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly. RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S PUBLISHERS UK 61–63 Uxbridge Road, London W5 5SA www.randomhousechildrens.co.uk www.totallyrandombooks.co.uk www.randomhouse.co.uk Addresses for companies within The Random House Group Limited can be found at: www.randomhouse.co.uk/offices.htm THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP Limited Reg. No. 954009
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