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My Great Success and Other Failures

By Catherine Wilkins
Series: A Jess Jackson Book
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The fourth book in the hilarious Jess Jackson series from much-loved author and comedian Catherine Wilkins, with a new cover illustrated by Katie Abey—perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks! Jess's cartoons are actually beginning to take off. A local comic store wants to use them in... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The fourth book in the hilarious Jess Jackson series from much-loved author and comedian Catherine Wilkins, with a new cover illustrated by Katie Abey - perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks!

The fourth book in the hilarious Jess Jackson series from much-loved author and comedian Catherine Wilkins, with a new cover illustrated by Katie Abey - perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks!

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The fourth book in the hilarious Jess Jackson series from much-loved author and comedian Catherine Wilkins, with a new cover illustrated by Katie Abey—perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks!

Jess's cartoons are actually beginning to take off. A local comic store wants to use them in a campaign, and she is in danger of becoming really rather FAMOUS (at school). This leads to some tensions with her friends. Why can't people be happy for her? It's not as if all the SUCCESS is going to her head, or anything. Or actually that it's anything like success at all...

A funny, relatable story that will touch a nerve with everyone who reads it as Jess Jackson takes on the mean girl at school, using only her pencil and her sense of humour, and makes all new friends along the way.

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"I loved this book. It's brilliantly funny and painfully true" - Jenny Colgan

Series: A Jess Jackson Book

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    When Jess gets roped into the school musical, she finds herself strangely allied with arch-enemy Amelia when her best friend Nat becomes crazed with stardom. Meanwhile, Jess's dad is concerned at plans to build a new road through nearby parkland and is now living up a tree. So far, so normal... Look out for these laugh-out-loud funny books by Catherine...
    By Catherine Wilkins
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  • My Great Success and Other Failures
    Pre-order
    My Great Success and Other Failures
    The fourth book in the hilarious Jess Jackson series from much-loved author and comedian Catherine Wilkins, with a new cover illustrated by Katie Abey—perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks! Jess's cartoons are actually beginning to take off. A local comic store wants to use them in a campaign, and she is in danger of becoming really rather FAMOUS (at school)....
    By Catherine Wilkins
    Paperback
    $1899
    Pre-order
    Out 3 Nov 2026
  • My Great Success and Other Failures
    My Great Success and Other Failures by Catherine Wilkins follows the story of Jess, whose cartoons are finally starting to take off. A local comic store wants to use them in a campaign, putting her on the brink of becoming quite famous (at least, at school). This burgeoning success, however, leads to tensions with her friends. Jess can't understand why...
    By Catherine Wilkins
    Paperback
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781805139188

Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 June 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Nosy Crow Ltd

Edition: Reissue

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Sarah Horne
  • Designed by Katie Abey

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 192

Collections

Catherine Wilkins Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Kids & YA Pre-orders Pre-order Books Pre-Order Children's Books Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Series: A Jess Jackson Book Young Adult

About the Author

Catherine Wilkins (Author)
Catherine Wilkins is a writer and comedian. She writes jokes and stories which she performs around the country to strangers in the dark, trying to make them laugh. Catherine has always wanted to write funny stories for children and is finding the whole process more exciting than that time she bungee jumped. Which is pretty exciting. If you think about it.

Sarah Horne (Illustrator)
Sarah grew up in Derbyshire, mainly under a snowdrift. She spent much of her childhood scampering in the nearby fields with a few goats. Then she decided to be sensible and studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Arts and gained a Masters degree at Kingston University. Sarah lives in London and specialises in funny, inky illustration and words for children's books.

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