My Great Success and Other Failures

My Best Friend #4

by Catherine Wilkins

Jess’s cartoons are actually beginning to take off. A local comic store wants to use them in a campaign and she is in danger of becoming really rather famous (at school). This leads to some tensions with her friends. Why can’t people be happy for her? It’s not as if success is going to her head, or anything. Or actually that it’s anything like success at all…

Genres: Middle Grade

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 6, 2015

About the author

I grew up in Hertfordshire, with one younger brother, two dogs and one cat. And some parents.

I always loved stories and jokes. Even though I was absolutely terrible at spelling and grammar, I wanted to be a writer. I didn't know how to do that though, so I did a degree in Sociology and then worked lots of random jobs, while telling people that I wanted to be a writer.

I have been a pizza deliverer, insurance broker, shelf stacker, litter picker, photo-developer, receptionist, HR recruiter, admin assistant, office temp, cashier, waitress, customer service rep, barmaid, stand up comedian and a writer. I love being a writer the best.

I also love travelling, and am very lucky that I have been to lots of different places, including America, Africa, India, Thailand, France, Greece, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Cuba.

I now live in London with my husband and our two rescued cats (Smithers and Liono) and I hope that I get to write many more books and visit many more places.

- from her website

Reviews

[Iris · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was quite a comforting read and if you like diary genre books this is definitely for you

[Zosia Piekłowska · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tak jak poprzednie części nie były tym co w 100% mnie przekonało do siebie.
Przeciętna według mnie,zabawna w wielu momentach. Ta seria zdecydowanie przeznaczona jest dla osób młodszych.(tak od 10 roku życia) bo przedstawia właśnie życie w podstawówce w taki sposób że czytelnik potrafi sie utożsamić z główną bohaterką. Pod koniec mały "zwrot akcji" moim zdaniem był lekko na siłe żeby przedłużyć książke o 20 stron. Nie przepadam za takimi zabiegami jednak nie wkurzyło mnie to na tyle żeby przestać czytać. Przeciętna książka jednak po prosyltu uważam osobiście że nie jest dla mnie.

[Amanda Davies · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ii read this ad part of a Writers Bureau Writing For Children course and as such put myself in a teenage frame of mind, recalling school days and friendships. With this premise I set about reading and proper belly laughed, cringed and cried at the protagonist’s antics.

The way it was written and as I was intrigued I ended up reading the whole series. I loved how the author didn’t talk down to her readers, who she was current without resorting to slang or street-speak. I learned a lot from how masters of children's story telling, tell stories.

[Maia Adams]

I have just read it and thinks it’s great.

[The Endless Unread · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoying this series. I loved the characters and the clever storyline. Perfect.