Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip

Lottie Brooks #4

by Katie Kirby

Lottie Brooks continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny illustrated series for a 9-12 audience, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments and plenty of lols.

Woe is me. So much is wrong in my life...

Still look like a tomato
Am stuck indoors whilst my friends go bowling without me (rude)
My parents are leaving me to go out on a 'Date Night'. GROSS!

After a summer of meeting handsome French boys and getting a tiny bit sunburnt. OK, fine - a lot sunburnt, Lottie's heading off on a week-long residential school trip. A whole week away from embarrassing parents and Toby's tasty air biscuits!

But the trip soon turns into a total disaster. The other girls staying at the camp are MEGA-MEAN, best friend Jess is spending all her time with new girl Isha, and Lottie's diary gets stolen!

Who knew a school trip could cause so much DRAMA?!

Readers LOVE Lottie
My daughter couldn't put it down and read it in 2 days. Read at breakfast, walking downstairs, tea time, in the bath.
My 9-year-old daughter devoured it in two nights, and all I could hear from her was giggling and the occasional "Mum! Listen to this! This is SO me!".
My 12 year old reluctant reader took this book, read 100 pages in one night and proclaimed it 'the best book ever'
Katie has managed to capture the essence of what this group think and feel in a positive, life-affirming fashion.

Genres: Young Adult, Humor, Childrens, Middle Grade, Romance, Diary, Comedy

434 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 6, 2023

About the author

Katie Kirby is a writer and illustrator who lives by the sea in Hove with her husband, two sons and dog Sasha.

She has a degree in Advertising and Marketing and after spending several years working in London media agencies, which basically involved hanging out in fancy restaurants and pretending to know what she was talking about, she had some children and decided to start a blog called 'Hurrah for Gin' about the gross injustice of it all.

Many people said her sense of humour was silly and immature so she is now having a bash at writing children's fiction. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks is her first novel.

Katie likes gin, rabbits, over-thinking things, the smell of launderettes and Monster Munch. She does not like losing at board games or writing about herself in the third person.

Reviews

[Nikola]

Kocham Lottie całym sercem

[Marta Demianiuk]

Mam wrażenie, że ten tom jest dużo poważniejszy od poprzednich. Jasne, Lottie wciąż jest sobą, czyli pakuje sie z jednego przypału w drugi, ale śmiałam się dużo rzadziej. Częściej za to byłam pod wrażeniem, w jaki sposób autorka zwraca uwagę na różne problemy spotykające niestolatki w tym wieku i jak sobie z nimi radzić. I za to tę część kocham całym sercem. Jest o prześladowaniu i jak się mu nie dać, jest o okresie, który potrafi zaskoczyć i jak nie dać się zawstydzić chłopcom, kiedy trafi się „wpadka”. Lottie robi się dojrzalsza i chociaż to postać fikcyjna, jestem z niej bardzo dumna.

Uważam, że ta seria to „Pamiętnik księżniczki” generacji Alfa.

[Teeee x]

This book was a great way to realise that Lottie finally found her way to fit in, and I really enjoyed the moments when she learnt from her mistakes and stayed true to herself.

[Ruthie Dearden-Watts]

It's a great book! I really enjoyed it.

[Natalka Lebi]

4.75
I loveeeee...
I REALLY love🫶
(It's a pity that the title is about a trip and the trip starts halfway through the book)...

[faustyna。 (lekkidramat)]

wzruszyłam się trochę pod koniec, lottie dorasta.

[Jess Jones]

So childish yet brilliant. Love it!

[Molly Oswald]

It is so good and I love it so much

[Ingaaaa_kml]

LOTTIE KOCHAM CIE

[Dinnu Reads Books]

Very cute, funny and wholesome book! 😊

[gosia]

nie potrafie sie delektowac tymi ksiazkami, za bardzo je kocham.

[Milp]

I read this book in one day and loved it so much, would recommend to anyone yr 7/8

[Silvia Llado]

We loved this book! In this fourth Lottie Brooks adventure, Lottie starts a new school year, navigates friendships, deals with boy dilemmas, and even goes on her first school trip. It’s funny, relatable, and full of those cringey-but-charming Lottie moments we adore.

My daughter devoured it in just two days — always a great sign! And I really appreciated many underlying messages, but this one that I know is something my daughter and friends are experiencing at the moment: even when your friends make new friends, it doesn’t mean you’re “less” or that the friendship is over. It’s such an important reminder for kids (and honestly, for adults too).

Light, engaging, and full of heart. Highly recommended for young readers who enjoy humour, drama, and a very real look at growing up.

[Sarah Mallon]

Amazing and very funny it's a must read for any tween!

[Dominika]

to była świetna przygoda, uwielbiam ten format pamiętnika Lottie i na pewno przeczytam pozostałe 2 tomy🙌🏼🔥 Może ta książka nie zmieniła mojego życia ale w niektórych momentach totalnie relowałam z Lottie i było to świetne odcięcie się od rzeczywistości + to moja pierwsza (tak długa) książka po angielsku, jestem z siebie dumna🤝🏼😜

[Grace Mann]

Good book
I expected a bit better though.

I don't have much to say really
other than
Lottie goes on a school trip doesn't get put with jess or poppy,
she gets put in a cabin with Amber and Molly.
Not much is good with her and daniel after what happened in france.
Other than that just jess gets her period

Not the best Lottie brooks book
and could change some parts.

[_Julia_bookstagram_]

4.5

Lottie to jest taka moja komfortowa seria, która zawsze pomaga mi gdy mam zastój. Uwielbiam tą serią a każdy tom jest równie dobry co poprzedni. Jak zawsze bawiłam się świetnie i z niecierpliwością wyczekuje kolejnych części

[Tilly]

This Lottie Brooks book is my second favourite in the series! If you have been on PGL (Parents Get Lost) then you’ll understand. Lottie discovers some CRAZY things and herself does crazy things . This is such a humorous book , I highly recommend it!

[Lucy Lou]

It was actually very interesting and funny it made me laugh but younger me would have loved it even more

[michalina🤍]

kocham całą serię💞💞💞

[strona.w.opisie]

3.8/5 chyba za dużo oczekiwałam...

[Emu ᯓ★ coraline.booqs]

2,5

[Alicja Przydryga]

Amber jest chyba moją nową ulubienicą

[Wiki]

kocham lottie

[K.]

Content warnings: vomit, bullying

I was in stitches over Lottie rampaging around the camp in the middle of the night covered in pads. No wonder my middle graders love this series.

[Säsil Põder]

See oli nii hea raamat! Mõni koht oli niii piinlik aga lõpuks lugesin ikkagi ära.

[Lily Taylor's Version ✨]

Loved it so funny, I feel like I can relate with Lottie ❤️

[fantastykon]

Przeczytana po raz drugi i wciąż niesamowicie bawi😍

[.Arta.]

3.5/5 ⭐

[Billie]

Bought at the airport on my to our holiday in turkey, and I finished it so quickly!