Her favorite television show is "Rabbit Hutch", a show for young children about a man, Sam, and his pet rabbit, Lily. For the birthday party, Beauty's father forces her to get corkscrew curls and popular bullies Skye, Arabella and Emily develop a new nickname for her: Ugly Corkscrew.

What a great story - I mean, I knew it all already - the horrible bullying schoolmates, not a happy home, but then escape and new friends and everything ends well. Eventually, after an unbearable birthday party and the very real threat of Dad's out-of-control temper, Mum and Beauty run away. In the climax they skip out after Beauty's dad essentially ruins Beauty's birthday to start anew, though without pseudonyms, at the idyllic seaside town of Rabbit Cove and make a breakthrough selling Beauty's mum's cookies.Of course Beauty experiences changes in Cookie, too, but when you compare having the courage to go bake cookies on TV and having the courage to complete a shark ritual so your mum won't die from cancer, I think one can tell which leaves a more memorable, lasting and even relatable feeling. Just before summer, Beauty is sent to a new school which she is adamant against at first, until she eventually agrees. It has more of an adventurous plot line, and a more complicated story, yet it is still fantastic and brilliantly written. Kangen juga dengan buku-bukunya yang banyak mengangkat anak broken home, perceraian, atau bahkan kekerasan dalam rumah tangga, meski kadang secara pribadi agak jengah gitu karena kebanyakan pembacanya kan anak-anak (bukan saya maksudnyahh. But now that I am not a child, I feel that Jacky Wilson doesn't really go all out on this one, something that I think even she's aware of.

Eventually, after an unbearable birthday party, amidst fears that Dad’s temper is out of control, Mum and Beauty run away. Beauty gadis cilik dengan ibu penyayang namun tak berdaya bersama-sama harus menghadapi seorang ayah yang otoriter, moody dan sulit. I remember really liking the last two chapters as a child and I gather I still do—it's a happy ending after all!I absolotley loved the book Cookie because it was about a girl who was being teased on and she became popular. Well, I first read this book after loaning it from my school's library, and I was rather taken with it~so much so that I read it twice in a matter of days. Beauty and her meek, sweet mother live in uneasy fear of his fierce rages, sparked whenever they break one of his fussy house rules. Novel ini mengingatkan kita tentang hal tersebut, serta tentang belajar mencintai diri sendiri, berani keluar dari situasi tertekan, dan bagi seorang istri untuk tak selalu bergantung secara ekonomi pada suami.