The Secrets of the Superglue Sisters

Jan 17, 2025 9:58 PM

Author:Susie Day

Best friends Georgie and Jem aren't just new at school; they're new at being full-time sisters too. Georgie's mum and Jem's dad have finally bought a house together, and they get to share a home at last, just like they always wanted. But being full time sisters is maybe a tiny bit harder than they expected.

At school, there are new friends to make and a new class project to complete. Everyone must write down their deepest secret so that their teacher Miss Eagle can set a giant ball alight and they can all watch their worries disappear.

But the ball of secrets mysteriously disappears and everyone's secrets are revealed. Can Georgie and Jem discover who the secrets thief is and learn how to stick together in their new family?

Reviews

A heart-warming story packed with Second World War detail

—— Daily Express

An emotional and dramatic urgency that will keep readers turning the pages compulsively

—— Andrea Reece, June 2017 Book of the Month , Lovereading4kids.co.uk

Wilson has an incredible ability to inhabit her child characters so precisely and Wave Me Goodbye will be like Nina Bawden’s Carrie’s War for a new generation of children learning about our country’s past

—— Belfast Telegraph

Wilson has a gift for striking truths . . . a worthy addition to [her] ever-growing body of work

—— Rebecca Butler , Books for Keeps

A breath of fresh air. It is entertaining yet tender but by no means sentimental when it confronts the need we all have for commitment in relationships, for trust, for love . . . A real bonus is that the book genuinely celebrates the act of writing - and not by preaching, I promise

—— The School Librarian

Tracy is a marvellously feisty creation: she is arrogant and rude, but the occasional glimpses we get of the vulnerable girl behind the tough exterior are enough to endear her to the reader . . . The excellent spiky illustrations by Nick Sharratt on nearly every page are a perfect complement to the text

—— The Bookseller

Poignant, funny and heartwarming first story about the damaged, demanding and delightful Tracy Beaker

—— Birmingham Post

I think this is my favourite book of all

—— Junior Education

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