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What to Read After... David Walliams 17/02/25
My Best Friend and Other Enemies
Publisher: Nosy Crow
What happens when best friends become worst enemies? 11-year-old Jessica loves drawing cartoons and hanging out with her best friend Natalie, making dinosaur cookies and having sleepovers. But when new girl Amelia turns up at school, everything changes. Suddenly it seems like Amelia and Natalie are best friends, and Jessica is out in the cold, with Amelia doing everything in her power to make Jessica feel left out.
Things turn from bad to worse when Amelia and Natalie form a secret club and deliberately exclude Jessica. Determined not to let them get one over on her, Jessica immediately recruits an ill-assorted group of girls to form a gang of her own - the ACE club. But it's Jessica's knack for drawing and sense of humour - not to mention an unlikely friendship with one of the school's toughest girls - that ultimately prove to be her secret weapons in her fight to stop Amelia's bullying for good.
Written in a warm and chatty style, the first children's book from comedian Catherine Wilkins will be hugely appealing to girls dealing with the ups and downs of pre-teen friendship. Exuberant Jessica is a likeable heroine with a lively sense of humour, whilst the snooty Amelia makes a brilliantly unpleasant 'mean girl'. But although there are plenty of laughs to be had, Wilkins also treats the subject of making friends (and enemies) with sensitivity, wisdom and understanding in this readable and entertaining story.
What you thought...
Average rating:
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Refilwe, 07 May 2023
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I definitely recommend this Series! I have read the whole series many times.
Hattie, 09 March 2021
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i think it is a great and a amazing book i read this when i was 8, 9 ,10 years old this jannary im turning 11 and for my birhday i want 3 more books of jean ure i really think it is great i love all the charctars too
maria, 02 January 2017
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I love this book. As I am 13, I don't like reading books, however this book has changed my opinion on reading books. Catherine Wilkins is the BEST AUTHOR. I Just felt really sorry for Jessica when she got left out by Natalie and Amelia. Catherine has some brilliant ideas and some very funny ones too! The ending is top-notch and it surprised me, because it isn't actually very girly, it appeals to both, boys and girls!!
Tasneya, 07 June 2015
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I am reading this at the moment and i loved it so far. What other books could be better. I am also reading this cause of bookbuzz.
arthey, 12 November 2014
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i love yhis book i would read it over and over again
kally, 05 September 2014
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I love this book it is funny and sad but overall AMAZING and I need to read the other 2 books. But I also think that there should be a second one say about what happens to josh and Jessica and how the artie thing is going on!
Katie, 03 September 2014
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Reading IS definitely NOT my THING!!!! I HATE it. I have am 12 years old. But when I read this book it literally changed my view on books. I would love another book like this, I have read it sooo many times that it is unbelievable. It actually helps in real life what to do when u FALL out with your bestie!!!! ITS an Amazing book as well as Brilliant!!!!!! The only thing wrong with the book is that it doesn't continue! Make sure U read it!
Mehjabin, 31 May 2014
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I really love this book! I never thought it would be that good. I usually hate books like that and go for the horror ones but that has to be the best book i have ever had! I can really relate to the situation. I wish I had read it before i was bullied because then i would know how to handle it. That has happened plenty of times to me and i didn't know it was bullying so i just kept it to my self.
sophie, 15 May 2014
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It's really good but i hate when Jess get's left out by Natile and Amila
Sidrah, 04 May 2014
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My best friend is a great book! Catherine has some brilliant ideas and some very funny ones too! The ending is top-notch and it surprised me, because it isn't actually very girly, it appeals to both, boys and girls!!!
Nathanael, 06 March 2014
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I personally enjoyed this book but it was sad at times. I think this would be suitable for people around my age. It was interesting because you did not know what going to happen next and you could not really guess either! I choose this book because the front cover looked really interesting and I read the blurb. I would suggest if you are around the age of ten or a eleven you should read it.
Karen, 24 February 2014
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This book is a very funny book because is shows how best friends really are in real life and how they can be. Also it shows pertential and the auther actually shows feeling and emotion.
Kamila, 06 February 2014
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I love this book it was amazing to read and I have swapped with my friends it is AWESOME
izzy, 30 January 2014
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good and brill
Best frieend, 13 January 2014
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I really liked this book because it is... Gripping, Funny and Realistic This makes the book good because it shows the different sides of life and can be realistic the people of the age of Jessica and Natalie ( Characters in the book ). also, this book is great to get stuck into.
Maddie, 31 December 2013
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I love this book so much and the ending is quite sweet. This book inspired me that even though your best friend is best friends with someone else but she will still love you in her heart(as a friend)
Anna, 24 December 2013
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I love My Best Friend and other Enemies because it is really chatty and bubbly. it is very funny as well. it is a really good book because you want to know what is going to happen at the end. This book make you want to read on so i would recommend it to girls.
Maisie, 17 December 2013
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I think that After Tommorow is an awesome book. It is a fast-paced thriller and is very exciting. The story is set in a melancholic city, with dangers around every corner. I would reccomned this book to people with a taste for a fast-paced book.
Daniel, 17 December 2013
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I like this book because the story is very realistic. i would recomend it because the story is very good and the layout of the pages and pictures is great. i really like this book and i would recomend it to any age.
Maddie, 17 December 2013
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As the title suggests, this book is about two girls Natalie and Jessica who have been best friends ‘since their finger painting days.’ Now though, the new girl in school, Amelia, has befriended Natalie and leaving Jessica out of all their activities including the gang they have formed-C.A.C (Cool Awesome Chicks). When Jessica realises that she is not going to get her old friends back, she decides to form her own gang-A.C.E (Awesome Cool Enterprises). Then she discovers that all...
Jodie, 17 December 2013
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This book is amazing! Im 12 years old and hate reading books but this book has really changed my opinion on things. This book is painfully true and really relatable. I think Catherine Wilkins has really captured the true essence of friendship into this book! Its definatley a good book for any girl from 9+ However it is a short book and not very long at all with only 18 chapters and 202 pages.
Ella, 15 December 2013
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This book is really great and actually based on true facts, like for example you and your best friend have known each other since you were 3 then another new girl comes and steals your best friend :(
Tahira, 02 December 2013
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I love this book so much................please, please, please could u you make more of these books and a movie for it
ayomide, 29 November 2013
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this book is so awesome i wouldn't have changed anything great book
Zainab, 29 November 2013
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I loved this book ,apparantley it is painfully true and brilliantly funny! But most of all what i liked about this book that it is self addicting.(once you first read it you want to read it again an again or even another book with same people and different scene)
Azza, 28 November 2013
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This book is amazing and soo much more interesting than any other ordinary book .Pick it up while you can xxx:)
Ida, 28 November 2013
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goood i like some of the book and its very interesting
katie, 26 November 2013
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This book is a nice book and is about a girl name jessica and her friend natalie. jessica and natalie have been best friend since years and they share everthing together.
adamoh, 20 November 2013
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loved this book when I read it it was really interesting after reading a chapter or so, I wanted to read more find out what happens next!!!!! Also it has solutions on how to work out when you and your best friends break up! :0
Sarah, 19 November 2013
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I am looking foward to read this book and it looks intresting so does the blurb and i cant wait to read it plus i will be getting it this thursday morning and it reminds me of my friends the blurb looks good so hats off to the publisher the person who wrote this story. Peace out everyone have fun keep safe and enjoy life.
sofia, 19 November 2013
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this book is the best book i have ever read ! because its differant and i like girly books and that was girly also my favrouite bit is where they go to mcdonalds without her freind just because the new girl was there and i really like the title as well as everything else because its not boring and simple it stands out a lot more thank you x
bethany, 14 November 2013
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It was an awesome book I have read it about 9 times now I love the illustrations because they are very colourful .
Amber, 14 November 2013
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Good book for 9-13 love the story
Lara, 14 November 2013
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i really love this book. I am so glad and lucky to be in a school where bookbuzz has taken part. Without this i would have never come across this amazing bok
samiha, 13 November 2013
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it a bit boring but it gets interesting in the end
Tamara, 08 November 2013
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this book tells you what to do in a tricky situation.it also reminds me about my best friend as well.and it has a amazing story p.s you should read it
indy, 22 October 2013
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It's such a good book
Anika, 19 October 2013
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this book seems really good and i think i am going to get this one if not i dont know which one i will get my rating will be about what i have read about the book because i havnt actually read the book itself .
olivia, 17 October 2013
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I enjoyed this book. it was very entertaining and funny. I wet myself laughing
Hafsa, 17 October 2013
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from what i have heard so far it's a brilliant book! please read itttttt
lola, 16 October 2013
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BEST BOOK EVER!!!! ME AND MY BFF LINDI LOVE THIS BOOK ITS REMINDS ME OF US AAAHHHH
AYSHA, 12 October 2013
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It was not a very good book it was ookay.....
Salina, 11 October 2013
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its a fantastic book that anyone will enjoy and its a book that is great and tells about friendship, enemies, jealousy ,secret weapons and breaking apart form your best friend(BFF).
Ogo, 10 October 2013
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love it
lib, 08 October 2013
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I like the book
maria, 08 October 2013
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This is the best book ever. Me and my bestfriend amina have been Bestfriends since we were little. and we both picked the same book. its the best book EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!
Charlote, 07 October 2013
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This book is a really good book that tells you what to do if you are in a sticky situation. this book is AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since I have been in this situation I know what it feels like. Plz read this book. ITS AMAZING
Maddie, 05 October 2013
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I chose this book because there were no other good ones;)
Jaya, 04 October 2013
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I love this book, It's one of the best books i've ever read!
Issy, 04 October 2013
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I read the first page of this book and I already love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Libbi, 04 October 2013
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the book was great and it had loads of tention.
yousuf, 03 October 2013
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I haven't read this book yet but it looks very interesting just by looking at the cover.
Thirsha, 02 October 2013
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I really want to read this book, as it's good for girls and it sounds really interesting. I am definitely going to get this book and reading it until the end; I'm really looking forward to it by reading the blurb of I, watching and listening to the video and reading and looking at the reviews. I haven't rated it because I haven't read it.
Sidrah, 30 September 2013
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cool book;D
lolly, 26 September 2013
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I have not read this book but it looks great and i am looking forward to reading it :) xxx
Ellen, 25 September 2013
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i think the book is sensible for girls and its nice to read
sara, 24 September 2013
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I have not read it yet but i am looking forward to reading it after all the other great reviews i have heard :-) !
tia-louise, 21 September 2013
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i have not read this book but I think it looks like a great book
holly, 20 September 2013
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The book was amazing and i think everyone should read cause i love it. I just want to read it again and again !!!!!!!
Samia, 19 September 2013
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I love the book it is so good
niamh, 18 September 2013
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I love this book because its frendley then gets EVIL
Amina, 17 September 2013
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It was relley reelley fun
amina, 16 September 2013
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I am not normally a person who likes reading but I really enjoyed this one its funny and makes you not want to put it down
rebecca , 13 September 2013
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Brilliant
soso, 21 August 2013
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The book was amazing and i think everyone should read cause i love it. I just want to read it again and again !!!!!!!
Anonymous, 12 July 2013
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A very funny book about when friendship goes wrong, with memorable laugh-out-loud characters.
Helen, 07 May 2013
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Funny and quite light-hearted but with interesting characters and delivering a strong message about friendships and not taking people at face value.
Barbara, 07 May 2013
I love it