The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks
The first hilarious diary in the bestselling series
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4.7 • 102 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The first book in the hilarious illustrated series for children by the bestselling author Katie Kirby. Perfect for readers aged 9-12 and for fans of Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Dork Diaries and Wimpy Kid.
Lottie Brooks is 11 ¾ and her life is ALREADY officially over.
Not only is she about to start secondary school without any friends or glamorous swooshy hair, but she's just discovered she's too flat-chested to even wear A BRA!
She might as well give up now and go into hibernation with her hamsters, Sir Barnaby Squeakington and Fuzzball the Third.
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.
Readers LOVE Lottie Brooks:
My daughter couldn't put it down and read it in 2 days. Read at breakfast, walking downstairs, tea time, in the bath.
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!".
My 12 year old reluctant reader took this book, read 100 pages in one night and proclaimed it 'the best book ever'
Katie has managed to capture the essence of what this group think and feel in a positive, life-affirming fashion'
Have you read all of Lottie's embarrassing diaries?
Book 1: The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks
Book 2: The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks
Book 3: The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks
Book 4: Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip
Book 5: The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks
Book 6: The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks
Book 7: Lottie Brooks Vs The Ultra Mean Girls
Book 8: The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks
Other books from the world of Lottie Brooks:
Lottie Brooks's Totally Essential Guide to Life
Lottie Brooks's Twelve Disasters of Christmas (coming October 2026)
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After Lottie Brooks's BFF Molly moves to Australia during the summer before sixth grade, the Brighton 12-year-old starts writing in a diary to distract herself. Conversational entries punctuated with wry stick-figure art reveal Lottie's many worries about navigating secondary school alone: she hates her hair, she blushes when anyone talks to her, and, worst of all (according to Lottie), she's "incredibly lacking in the chest department." She devises a plan to reinvent herself, but despite her best efforts, blunders and awkward moments lurk around every corner. As the school year progresses, Lottie struggles to navigate a shifting home life and her mother's pregnancy while maintaining her long-distance relationship with Molly. And though attempts to befriend two popular mean girls fall flat, Lottie soon finds easy friendship with sporty classmate Jess. The protagonist recounts with self-effacing charm and candor many embarrassing trials from the first few months of school. Kirby (Hurrah for Gin, for adults) has a knack for devising situations of tween humiliation, communicated via guileless narration and clever illustrations. Most characters cue as white; Jess is of Jamaican descent. Ages 8–12.
Customer Reviews
BEST BOOK EVER!
This book is sooo good you have to read it!
Loved it
You have to read it I couldn’t stop and read the whole thing in one sitting. Great book and highly recommended for girls aged 10-13
Amazing
I read this book ages ago but I think now I have read it like maybe….. 1000 times!