The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
Bestselling author Katie Kirby captures the humorous and heart-felt antics of Lottie Brooks, an 11-year-old who is in for one long--and embarrassing--year if she can't learn to laugh at life's little mistakes.
A Warning to Future Readers:
Hi, I'm Lottie Brooks! I'm 11 (and 3/4) years old and this is my diary. Before you read, though, you should be warned. This book is going to include mortifying moments like bra shopping with your mom and your seven-year-old brother, showing up to class with cereal in your hair, watching your dad sing horrible karaoke, standing awkwardly at your first school dance, and so many more humiliating occurrences.
Turn away now if you’d rather not read about such excruciating experiences. It would be entirely understandable and highly recommended!
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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.
