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The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks

By Katie Kirby
Series: Lottie Brooks
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The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby offers a hilarious glimpse into the life of 11-year-old Lottie as she navigates the challenges of starting secondary school. Facing new friendships, confusing crushes, and embarrassing moments, Lottie captures the ups and downs of pre-teen life through her relatable, humorous diary entries. It's a delightful journey of self-discovery and resilience, perfect for young readers.
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You might enjoy this book if you’re a fan of relatable and humorous stories about the ups and downs of school life. With laugh-out-loud moments and heartwarming insights, it captures the essence of teenage drama in a way that’s both entertaining and realistic. Perfect for young readers navigating their own journeys through school and friendships.

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Louise Rennison for the Dork Diaries generation - hilarious, relatable and full of heart.

The first book in the hilarious new series for children by the bestselling creator of Hurrah For Gin.

The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks follows Lottie Brooks, who is 11 and feels like her life is already officially over. Not only is she about to start high school without any friends or glamorous swooshy hair, but she's also just discovered she's too flat-chested to 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 many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny new illustrated series for a 9-12 audience, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments, and plenty of laughs.

Series: Lottie Brooks

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  • The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks
    The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks is back with a chaotic Christmas special! From hilarious bestselling author Katie Kirby, comes a brand-new Lottie Brooks story. This time it's CHRISTMAS!!! Dear Santa, For Christmas this year, I would like: Two hundred KitKat chunkies (full-size not multipack) Baby Bella to stop shouting 'BUM' in public spaces A new brother who doesn't...
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  • The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks
    Louise Rennison for the Dork Diaries generation - hilarious, relatable and full of heart. The first book in the hilarious new series for children by the bestselling creator of Hurrah For Gin. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks follows Lottie Brooks, who is 11 and feels like her life is already officially over. Not only is she about to...
    By Katie Kirby
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    From hilarious MEGA-bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a brand-new Lottie Brooks book with a twist! Hi, Lottie Brooks here! I've just found out that you've all been reading about my most EMBARRASSING moments for years . . . it's meant to be my TOTALLY SECRET PRIVATE DIARY!! Seems like it's only fair then that it's YOUR TURN! Lottie has been...
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    From the hilarious and bestselling author Katie Kirby comes a brand-new story in the beloved Lottie Brooks series. In The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks, we find Lottie navigating the challenges of her first official relationship, a mischievous new pet, and the ever-complicated dynamics of her friendship group. Lottie finally has what she's always dreamed of—she and Daniel...
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    The next hilarious new story in the number one bestselling Lottie Brooks series. From hilarious MEGA bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a brand-new story from the phenomenal Lottie Brooks series! Lottie's done with embarrassing herself. There can't possibly be any more ways to do it! Right? Have her annoying little brother announce her bra size while shopping? Done. Get her...
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    $1800
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  • The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks
    The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks is the hilarious new sequel to The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by the bestselling creator of Hurrah for Gin. Lottie Brooks is back for the spring term at secondary school and ready to face anything. No more trying to impress mean girl Amber. And absolutely no more being nicknamed Cucumber Girl....
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    $1700
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    $1799
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    Out 6 Oct 2026

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241460887

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 March 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 218.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 341g

Pages: 432

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About the Author

Katie Kirby is a writer and illustrator who lives by the sea in Hove with her husband, two sons and dog Sasha. She has a degree in Advertising and Marketing and after spending several years working in London media agencies, which basically involved hanging out in fancy restaurants and pretending to know what she was talking about, she had some children and decided to start a blog called 'Hurrah for Gin' about the gross injustice of it all. Many people said her sense of humour was silly and immature so she now writes children's books. Katie likes gin, rabbits, over-thinking things, the smell of launderettes and Monster Munch. She does not like losing at board games or writing about herself in the third person.

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    $1799
    Elsewhere:
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    The fourth book in this hilarious bestselling series full of friendship, family, and first experiences from the creator of Hurrah for Gin. Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny illustrated series for a 9-12 audience, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments, and plenty of lols. Woe is me. So much...
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    $1900
    Elsewhere:
    $2100
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks
    The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks is back with a chaotic Christmas special! From hilarious bestselling author Katie Kirby, comes a brand-new Lottie Brooks story. This time it's CHRISTMAS!!! Dear Santa, For Christmas this year, I would like: Two hundred KitKat chunkies (full-size not multipack) Baby Bella to stop shouting 'BUM' in public spaces A new brother who doesn't...
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    Elsewhere:
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