Completely Cassidy Drama Queen

Front row seats for the hottest ticket in town... starring Cassidy Bond! Singing! Dancing! Acting! You name it, I'll do it... or at least try, as I've got just four weeks at Dance and Drama Academy to perfect a show-stopping performance! I love rehearsing with my super-talented BFFs and I hope I can sparkle in the spotlight. But with my wobbly warbling, two left feet and stage fright, I might be a dramatic disaster...

Cassidy can't wait to enrol at Dance and Drama Academy summer school! She's always dreamed of discovering her hidden talent - could she be a star in the making? But with auditions looming, Cassidy is gripped by stage fright. As big brother, Liam, keeps reminding her, she does have a knack for embarrassing herself. What if Cassidy's stage debut turns out to be an all-singing, all-dancing disaster?

Meet Cassidy. With her embarrassing dad, pregnant mum, loser brother and knicker-chewing dog, she's almost invisible in her family. So she's hoping Year 7 is her time to shine, especially since a test proved she's Gifted & Talented. The only problem is she picked her answers at random. But surely the school wouldn't make a mistake about her genius? "For fans of Wimpy Kid, Cathy Cassidy and books of that ilk, this is a story that readers will enjoy very much... a great tale for the pre-teen market." - Manchester Evening News "Tamsyn Murray has a real talent for seeing the funny side of the everyday." - The School Librarian

Latest news from Cassidy Bond, Star Reporter! So I started this petition to let girls wear trousers at St Jude's, and everybody's talking about it – including Kelly, Year Ten editor of the school magazine. And now she's asked me to be her new star reporter – yay! Even better, I've already sniffed out a *big* exclusive. Because someone's set up a nasty gossip website about people at school – and if I can identify the mystery blogger, it'll be the scoop of the century!

‘A cracker’ Patrick McCabe ‘An irresistible comedy’ Luke Kennard Laura Cassidy is going all the way. Hollywood. Starry lights. The Walk of Fame. It’s her destiny. At least, that’s what her movie-obsessed father used to tell her. That was always the plan. Sure, it’s been a bit slow-going, but the stars have finally aligned. The long-awaited new theatre is about to open, and their first production calls for a particularly fiery female lead. This part has Laura’s name on it. There’s her meddlesome older sister to get past – freshly returned from saving the world. Her occasional lover and stand-in leading man seems to think it’s all a waste of time. And probably best not to mention the audition to her mother, especially after what happened last time . . . Laura just has to stay one step ahead of them all. Channelling the era of Hollywood’s silver screen and told in a voice that blends devil humour, quiet mayhem, and a singled-minded optimism that might just lead to disaster, Laura Cassidy’s Walk of Fame tells the story of a troubled soul desperate to find her place in life.

It’s time to break the curse. For centuries, the Black Eyed People have been suffering at the hands of a witch’s curse. Unable to overcome their compulsion to kill, no-one is safe. Sixteen year old Ariel Cole doesn’t know anything about the new guy in school except that she is strangely mesmerized by him. Learning Gabe is one of the Black Eyed People, she knows she must break the curse or risk losing him forever. With her love greater than any murderous compulsion, she delves into a world full of witches, warlocks, and dark magic. Caught in the middle of an urban legend, Ariel and Gabe must face their darkest fears or the curse will claim more victims and tear them apart.

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Eleven-year-old Cassidy has just inherited a gift from her late great-grandmother. Unfortunately, that “gift” turns out to be a summer trapped in etiquette school. What good are manners, anyway, for a girl who dreams of living life on the road as a hobo—er, “knight of the road”? As if trying to remember to keep her elbows off the table isn’t bad enough, Cassidy’s best friend, Jack, suddenly seems more interested in doing chores for the new teenage girl who’s moved in next door than in fishing with Cassidy down by the river. Not even her classic epic pranks seem to be saving Cassidy from having her worst summer ever. It’s time to face facts: growing up stinks. Veteran middle-grade author Sue Stauffacher returns with a cranky, pranky, laugh-out-loud tomboy heroine who might just learn the hard way that manners do matter, and that people can change.