Opal Plumstead

Opal Plumstead is a 2014 children's novel written by British author Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by British illustrator Nick Sharratt. The plot revolves around fourteen-year-old Opal, who has to abandon her dream of going to university in order to work at a sweets factory after her father is sent to prison. Opal becomes a suffragette and develops a romance with the son of the factory owner, which is disrupted by the outbreak of World War I.

Wilson intended to set the novel in World War I, but ended up changing it to 1913 when she realised that several other writers were setting their novels during the war. Opal Plumstead, which is Wilson's 100th novel and took nine months to finish, was well-received by critics and readers for Opal's character and the novel's portrayal of suffragettes.