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Synopsis

INTRODUCING THE SECRETS CLUB:

Alice, Tash, Dani and Lissa

''It's OK. We're the Gang of Four, remember? The No-Secrets Club.' Her stern face softens into her familiar smile and my world lights up again.

Briefly. But soon the cloud comes back.

I have got a secret.

A big one.

I want to tell my friends, I really do. But the longer I keep it hidden the harder it is to do . . .'

Join the girls in The Secrets Club series as they begin their new lives at Riverside Academy; making friends, facing their fears and choosing which secrets they share . . .

Read an extract from Alice in the Spotlight

Reviews

Customer Review: 17 December 2012

Reviewer: Teezy16

'I absolutley LOVE this book I actually couldn''t stop reading it. I satrted secondary school reacently and i was so nervous but now i have friends and no worries except from h\w ugh! but apart fom tht it''s really good and i wish i could of got this book when i first started school cos it would''ve calmed me down and i simply can''t wait to hear wat Tash''s secret is and the rest. I mean she''s always rushing off home how wierd is tht. Can''t wait hurry up Chris! :) '

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Dear Secrets Club reader,

I hope you enjoy reading Alice in the Spotlight, the first book of my brand new series, The Secrets Club because I loved writing it.

It’s all about four girls, Alice, Tash, Lissa and Dani, who meet for the first time when they go to Riverside Academy for Girls. They’re all very different but before long they’ve become firm friends.

Friends are so important, aren’t they?

Question: Is there anything worse than starting a new school where you don’t know anyone?

Answer: No! And believe me I know because I’ve been there!

I was worried sick when I started secondary school because I didn’t know a soul. I’d only just moved to the area you see. That first assembly I could see that everyone else was sitting with friends from primary school while I sat on my own, a little Billy No-mates.

And to make matters worse, I stood out like a sore thumb because I didn’t have the correct school uniform. I was missing the regulation green cardigan because my mum hadn’t finished knitting it! (Yes, ok, it was that long ago when mums still hand-knitted cardigans. And no, I still haven’t forgiven her.)

But then amid a sea of bottle-green (I still hate bottle-green!) I spotted another girl in a white shirt and I summed up the courage to go and speak to her. She had chosen not to wear her cardigan because it was too warm, how brave was she? But she was nice and introduced me to two of her friends from primary school. We ended up all sitting together at the back of the class throughout the whole of our secondary school life and decades later we’re still best mates. And she’s still braver than me.

It just goes to show that friendships can start in the most unlikely ways. Maybe it’s time I did forgive my poor mum after all.

Alice is worried about starting at Riverside Academy for lots of reasons. But the main one is to do with her sister Nikki. If you’ve read the book, you’ll know why. If you haven’t, read it to find out!

I love hearing from my readers. Tell me some of the things you’re worried about in starting secondary school. And then tell about the new friends you made when you got there.

Now I’d better get back to writing the second book of the series, “The Truth about Tash.” Like Alice, Tash has a secret. We all do, don’t we? That’s what friends are for, to share them with.

I’m loving writing it. I hope you love reading it too.

Chris

www. chrishigginsthatsme.com

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