I enjoyed this book more than you could imagine. I found it EXTREMELY funny but also EXTREMELY relatable because Lottie’s life could probably relate to a lot of 12 yo girls now!!!!!”

I had to eat all the KitKat Chunkys after reading the first book. Does Lottie have a new favourite chocolate in the next book? (from Poppy age 9) I was a big fan of the Georgia Nicholson books when I was younger and this had the exact same vibe only it was more up-to-date. The first book in the hilarious new series for children by the best-selling creator of Hurrah for Gin . As an adult this book is a comedy, getting to read about the dramas of an 11 year old is completely hilarious and i promise it will make you feel so relaxed realizing how everything feels like the end of the world at that age. The girls decide to swap places at the end of the summer so that Lottie will have a chance to get to know her father and Lisa will get to meet her mother. While many adults are surprised at the changes in each of the girls after they return from camp ("Lottie" has apparently forgotten how to cook, gets in a fight at school, and becomes a terrible student, while "Lisa" has begun to keep a close eye on the housekeeper's bookkeeping, will no longer eat her favorite food, and becomes a model student), no one suspects that the girls are not who they claim to be.Lottie navigates the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny series for a nine-to-12 audience, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments and plenty of lols.

Lottie navigates the perils of growing up in this fantastically funny new illustrated series for pre-teens filled with friendship, embarrassing moments and, of course, KitKat Chunkys.Bawiła mnie choć nie zawsze, bo żarty czasami są na poziomie 10-12 lat ale przecież o to chodzi. Ta grupa jest targetem When Lottie (under the name of Lisa) finds that her father is planning to remarry, she becomes very ill and stops writing to her sister in Munich. Meanwhile, Lottie's mother comes across a picture of the two girls at summer camp, and Lisa tells her the entire story. The girls' mother calls her former husband in Vienna to tell him what has happened and to find out why Lottie has stopped writing. When she hears that her daughter is ill, she and Lisa immediately travel to Vienna. At the daughters' request, the parents are reunited. The book originally started out during World War II as an aborted movie scenario. In 1942, when for a brief time Kästner was allowed by the Nazi authorities to work as a screenwriter, he proposed it to Josef von Báky, under the title The Great Secret, but the Nazis once again forbade him to work. Have any of the things that happen in the first book and the new book ever happened to you? (from Flora, age 11)

She might as well give up now and go into hibernation with her hamsters Sir Barnaby Squeakington and Fuzzball the Third. When you’re writing the book do you know which bits you want to add pictures too or do you decide afterwards? (from Olisia, age 10) Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg Katie Kirby is a writer and illustrator who lives by the sea in Hove with her husband, two sons and dog Sasha.

My 9-year-old daughter devoured it in two nights, and all I could hear from her was giggling and the occasional "Mum! Listen to this! This is SO me!". The first book in the hilarious new series for children by the bestselling creator of Hurrah For Gin.