"Another funny, true, moving insight into life at Bigg School."
Pretty Cleo, selfie-expert and self-styled most popular girl in her year is the narrator of this the fifth book in Lisa Williamson’s superb school-set series.
We’ve not felt particularly warm to Cleo in previous books – she ‘stole’ Lola’s best friend Evie in book one while her self-confidence can come across as arrogance and sometimes leads her to treat other people without much consideration for their feelings.
Seeing things through her eyes gives us a very different picture, especially when things go so wrong she decides she’s cursed!
There’s more to being happy than having perfect hair and all the latest gadgets, but surely none of us would have expected that it’s Astrid, who doesn’t even own a hairbrush, who helps Cleo realise this and shows her how to make things better.
Lisa Williamson’s understanding of teen and tween lives – their concerns, hopes and contradictions – is second to none and she writes about it beautifully too. These stories are always funny, true, moving, but this might be my favourite yet.
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Welcome to Bigg School, where the extraordinary lives of ordinary kids take centre-stage - like Cleo, whose obsession with popularity and perfection is about to collide with the new reality of having to wear... braces!
Obsessed with being the prettiest and most popular girl at school, getting braces is the WORST thing that could happen to Cleo. And not only that, but Cleo is convinced that the braces are cursed.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Bigg School: Selfie Queen and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Bigg School: Selfie Queen features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Stories about Family and Friends, School Stories, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: First / new experiences and growing up / coming of age, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
Bigg School: Selfie Queen is available in Paperback
Bigg School: Selfie Queen was written by Lisa Williamson and published by Guppy Books an imprint of Guppy Publishing Ltd
Bigg School: Selfie Queen has 210 pages
Yes it is part of Bigg School series
£7.19
