Thursdays Child, Noel Streatfeild
Thursdays Child, Noel Streatfeild
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Thursday's Child

Author: Noel Streatfeild

Narrator: Lucy Scott

Unabridged: 6 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/02/2020

Synopsis

A thrilling, classic children’s adventure with a courageous heroine, from the beloved author of . Margaret Thursday was named after the day she was found on the church steps as a baby. But she isn’t really an orphan – each year a bag of gold coins is left at the church for her keep. However, when Margaret is eleven years old, the money suddenly stops and her guardians have no choice but to send her away to an orphanage. The orphanage is worse than they could have imagined. The children are poorly treated and barely fed, and fearless Margaret soon makes herself the enemy of the evil matron who runs it. Vowing to protect her new friends, Peter and Horatio, Margaret plans their daring escape … but she’ll have to outwit Matron at every turn. Margaret’s action-packed adventure, set in turn-of-the-century England, takes her from orphanage to canal boat to the world of the theatre. Through it all, Margaret is propelled by her unwavering sense of self and determination.

About Noel Streatfeild

Noel Streatfeild was born in Sussex in 1895 and was one of three sisters. After working in munitions factories and canteens for the armed forces when the First World War broke out, Noel followed her dream of being on stage and went to RADA where she became a professional actress.She began writing children's books in 1931 and Ballet Shoes was published in 1936. She quickly became one of the most popular authors of her day. She was one of the first winners of the Carnegie Medal and was awarded an OBE in 1983.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla on October 05, 2021

Watch out world! Margaret Thursday (found in a basket with three of everything, all of the very best quality) is going to go far. Our story begins with the bad news that Margaret will be moving to an orphanage. Her annual support (from her absent mother?) has stopped coming in and the rector who too......more

Goodreads review by Hilary on August 30, 2017

Margaret Thursday is an orphan who was found with three of everything, of the best quality, and had money left each year to keep and educate her. However one day this money runs out. Margaret is sent to an orphanage where she endures hardship, hunger, and punishment, but her ebullient personality tr......more

Goodreads review by Cleopatra on August 26, 2013

Thursday’s Child by Noel Streatfeild was ‘my book’, I think I was initially drawn to it partly because I was born on a Thursday and secondly because I had loved Ballet Shoes. Thursdays Child tells the story of Margaret who was left on Church Steps in a basket with three of everything of the very bes......more

Goodreads review by Jen on November 29, 2024

I loved this story. Griping and well put together. I love how there don’t seem to be plot holes. The ending wasn’t just as I hoped but I suppose it was what Margaret Thursday preferred so shan’t quibble.......more

Goodreads review by Morgan on December 08, 2015

Recommended for: All Ages, lovers of orphan stories Rating: G I've always loved orphan stories. Something about that nature of hard luck story, the hardships they endure, the adventure of running away, the "rags to riches" of some nature that so often follows, just grabs my imagination. Thursday's Chi......more

Quotes

‘Noel Streatfeild’s position in the children’s book world is unique. She is endlessly inventive, full of verve and real understanding of the surfaces of childhood. Her stories are rich in documentary interest and entertainment, escapism of a most satisfying sort.’ ‘Noel Streatfeild has that happy, skilful knack of turning her characters into real people – something which only really good novelists can do.’ ‘Noel Streatfeild is an author who is a true master of her craft.’ ‘Written for unalloyed enjoyment … Children will love it.’ –

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