The Suitcase Kid (NHB Modern Plays): stage version

By Jacqueline Wilson

An adaptation for the stage of Jacqueline Wilson's popular novel.
Ten-year-old Andy used to live happily at Mulberry Cottage with her family: Mum, Dad, and Radish the rabbit, who lives in Andy's pocket and shares all her secrets. But then it all went wrong: Mum went to live with Bill, and Dad went off with Carrie. And Andy is expected to shuttle between the two - living out of a suitcase - and come to terms with her strange new families.
Seen all over the country, this resourceful dramatisation is suitable for young actors as well as young audiences. The adapter, Vicky Ireland, has provided production notes to indicate how the play can be staged even with minimal resources - plus a lot of ingenuity!
'A real theatrical treat... the audience of school parties fell quiet as mice and raptly attentive the second the lights went down' - Scarborough Evening News

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Release date: Mar 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781788502283

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline is one of the nation's favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. According to a recent Mori poll, Jacqueline was voted English children favourite children's author. She has sold millions of books and in the UK alone the total stands at over 25 million! In 2002 Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she was the Children’s Laureate. In 2008 she became Dame Jacqueline Wilson.

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Reviews for The Suitcase Kid (NHB Modern Plays)

[eloisef_7 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I read this book at least 4 times because it has great characters and has strong advise.

[atreic · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Comfort reading when I had a cold. I felt a particularly personal sympathy for the heroine, trying to live her life in two places with her divorced mum and dad and their new families. This is one of the best early Jaqueline Wilson's, of which some of the later ones feel quite derivative.  

[lovelylauren-721086 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

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