Bigg School: Secret Crush

The Bigg School series follows a class of kids who have just moved up to secondary school, the Henry Bigg Academy.

Praise for the first book, Bigg School: Best Friends Forever:

'Funny, touching and wise. As good as Jacqueline Wilson at her best.'
– The Bookseller

'Sweet and touching' – The Guardian

'Warm, honest and hugely relatable' – Cath Howe
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Astrid likes being different – she doesn't care that some of her classmates think she's a bit odd. She's got amazing friends and is the Scribble Society's star writer.

When new boy Teddy joins the school, Astrid is super excited to discover they have loads in common. But when Astrid realises she has a secret crush on Teddy, her world is turned upside down. Suddenly being different doesn't feel so great after all... Maybe it's time for Astrid to start fitting in?

Lisa was born and grew up in Nottingham. She studied drama at Middlesex University and following graduation worked as an actor on stage and TV.Her first novel, The Art of Being Normal won a number of prizes including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Best Older Fiction 2016. She has written three other YA novels and non-fiction for younger children.She lives in London with her husband, stepchildren and a mischievous whippet called Nelson.

Jess Bradley is an illustrator and comic artist from Torquay. As well as writing and drawing for The Phoenix, she also writes for The Beano and illustrates a variety of children’s books. She has created puzzle and activity and comic books for various publishers, including contributing to Usborne’s bestselling Write and Draw Your Own Comics. Her work for Buster Books includes the Bright Sparks series, I Heart Cute Colouring and the laugh-out-loud A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You.