Nobody wants to be around Tulip but her outlandish behaviour doesn’t matter to Natalie. At first she finds Tulip exciting and she doesn’t care that other people are upset by her pranks. But then Natalie realises that Tulip is going too far.

What’s the hook?

A jaw-dropping novel by popular children’s novelist Anne Fine.

What are the themes?

Family and friendship raise PSHE issues such as reasons and the effects of bullying and peer pressure.

Teaching points?

Many excellent passages which are good models for pupils’ writing.