Best friends NEED to be together. Don't they?

Poor Megan! Not alone is she stuck with totally uncool parents, and a little sister who is too cute for words, but now her very best friend, Alice, has moved away. Now Megan has to go to school and face the dreaded Melissa all on her own.

The two friends hatch a risky plot to get back together. But can their secret plan work?

'engrossing story with a real insight into the world of pre-teen girls' Publishing News



Judi Curtin is Ireland's favourite children's writer. She is the best-selling author of the 'Alice and Megan' series which has sold rights to Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Poland, Lithuania and Serbia. In Ireland, the series has sold over 100,000 copies. She is also the author of the smash-hit Eva series: Eva's Journey, Eva's Holiday, Leave it to Eva, and Eva and theHidden Diary, which has sold 36,000 copies (to date). She has been nominated for Irish Book Awards on numerous occasions.



comic excitement ... Underpinned by a delicious, unmerciful presentation of adults as seen by the two girls. First class stuff.



engrossing story with a real insight into the world of pre-teen girls



Where this book succeeds so well is in showing the repercussions that decisions made by adults have on children and the ways in which, accordingly, they must live through these. A happy-ever-after scenario is not presented at the end of the novel, but then this would not be feasible either for Megan or for Alice. At once perceptive and humorous, this novel will doubtless strike a chord with many young readers.