Welcome to Bigg School, where the extraordinary lives of ordinary kids take centre-stage – like Cleo, whose obsession with popularity and perfection is about to collide with the new reality of having to wear... braces!



Obsessed with being the prettiest and most popular girl at school, getting braces is the WORST thing that could happen to Cleo. And not only that, but Cleo is convinced that the braces are cursed.

'Warm, honest and hugely relatable' – Cath Howe



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.



The perfect books for anyone starting secondary school. Warm, funny and wise.