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A brilliantly funny new series written and illustrated by BBC Blue Peter´s Konnie Huq, featuring chaotic family life and madcap school science projects!

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Cookie´s life is basically over.

Her best friend in the whole world is moving to Solihull because one of her dads has a new job there. Solihull?! Where even is that?! Cookie begs her parents for a pet to fill the void but they have given her an absolute NO . It would be way too expensive and way way too messy.

But Cookie has never been a fan of the word ´no´ so she visits the pet shop anyway and sets her heart on the sweetest cutest kitteniest kitten ever: Bluey. But then . . . DISASTER! The most ANNOYING boy she´s ever met in her entire nine years goes into the pet shop, buys Bluey and renames her Nigel! And then he joins her year at school! And if that wasn´t bad enough, he moves in next door to her. AAAAGGGGHHHHH!

But it´s not all bad . . . Cookie gets the chance to go on her favourite TV show, Brainbusters . It´s only a chance though - she´ll have to win the school science competition first. It shouldn´t be too hard . . . all she has to do is keep her head down, and not get too over-excited. Unfortunately that´s not Cookie´s strong point . . .

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Smart, funny and full of warmth, just like its author David Walliams

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As the longest serving female Blue Peter presenter, from 1997 to 2008, Konnie Huq is no stranger to the middle-grade market. She is an ambassador for the Prince´s Trust and the British Asian Trust. This is her first foray into children´s books and Cookie is inspired by Konnie´s own London Bangladeshi background, her love of science and her unashamed nerdiness!

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