Emily's review:
With 100 years difference in age, two girls, Hen and Semira, both with very different lives, find themselves connected through a diary: Hen’s diary, found by Semira. 

The story leads us into both girls’ worlds. It is a really lovely tale of hope.

At times it was sad but I found it ultimately to be an uplifting story.  I was disappointed not to find out the ending for Samira’s search for her dad but I will just have to use my imagination and wish for a happy ending for her.

I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to my friends.

Holly's review

The Characters I Liked In this book the best

• Semira who is  a girl from Africa
• Henrietta (Hen) girl who wrote a dairy in the Victorian times
• Semira’s mum
• A  boy called Patrick that loves birds
• Two girls called Chloe and Holly
• Patrick’s step-father Graham
• Patrick’s mum

The things I liked in this book
I liked the way the diary chapters were spread out through the book and in-between the chapters with Semira. I also liked the way Semira stood up against the bullies of the school and helped the children stand up to the bullies. I appeared to like the way Patrick’s step-dad let Semira have her own bike to ride on instead of a borrowed one. I feel the plot was slow going but thrilling. The city of London setting for the story was magical and the diary really add a something to the story.         

The things I disliked about this book
I didn’t liked fact Semira did not find her dad in the end, Gill Lewis should write a second one. I also feel this story needs to have a moral. I think that moral should be trust your heart.

Who I would recommend this book to.
I would recommend this book to anybody that can under stand the fact women could not vote and women did not have the same rights as men. 

Jemima's review

This is an incredible book. It is thought-provoking and has a memorable plot. In the book you meet many characters but my favourites are probably Semira, Hen (Henrietta Waterman) and Kitty (Aunt Katherine). I like how they stand up to unfairness. The message of the book is definitely to stand up for what you believe in and what is right. I dislike Robel and Hen's parents as they deny Hen, Semira and Kitty the will to fight for fairness. The way the writing was presented was unlike anything I have read before because there were diary entries written by a girl 100 years ago. The plot was exciting and thought-provoking as well as being easy and fun to read. I think the most memorable part of the book was definitely the end as it was very motivating. I would recommend this book to anyone 10+ as some of the information would be easier to understand if the reader was older. I would rate it 5/5.

Kinana's review
This book was a very heart-warming book which made me feel the characters and empathise with Semira when Robel hit her - I feel like giving Semira and her Mama a warm hug. However, I feel like killing Robel. (Just kidding, I wouldn't really) because he's such a meanie. I also feel like giving Mad Dog and his bully gang a taste of their own medicine. I also feel for Hen (Henrietta) because she is forced to conform to stereotypes by her mother - and her aunt died (waah ?). 

If I could bring one person to Semira, I would bring her father, who might've died. I have never been so hit by emotions by a book. I think any child can read this because there are less words on a page which makes it more appealing to younger children as well as older. 

Overall, I loved this book and would definitely recommend it to anybody and everybody. I couldn't put it down!