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THE BESTSELLING AND HILARIOUSLY FUNNY SERIES FOR KIDS, TOLD ENTIRELY IN THE FORM OF A GROUP CHAT, FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND COMEDY WRITER, EMILY-JANE CLARK.

Kennedy King has survived her first YEAR at Hellington High! She’s managed to make THREE new friends but is still missing Liv and Devon more than anything. She isn’t worried though because they have all summer ahead of them to hang out . . . right?

WRONG! The Mother has planned a surprise ‘family bonding’ camping trip . . . FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER HOLIDAY.

Features themes of blended families, feeling left out and long-distance besties
For readers 8+ with illustrations throughout
Perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries

Readers LOVE the Cringe Club:

“Cringe Club is ideal for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid [and] Dork Diaries”
“The perfect book for reluctant teens”
“Books like this make reading a joy”
“I struggle to get my teen to read books so it was wonderful to see her enjoying this one so much”
“Hilarious and perfect for tweens"
“This book has got my very reluctant reader to not only pick up a book, but devour it with a passion"
*Emily-Jane Clark won the BASH award and the Fantastic Book Award with her debut.

**Cringe Club was an Amazon #1 bestseller in Children's Books on Marriage & Divorce on 24/08/2025 and in Children's Books on Moving Home on 20/11/2025

Emily-Jane Clark is a comedy writer and author of CRINGE CLUB - the best-selling series for tweens, and the award-winning BEASTS OF KNOBBLY BOTTOM: ATTACK OF THE VAMPIRE SHEEP which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and won the Fantastic Book Prize! She has also written the sequel, THE BEASTS OF KNOBBLY BOTTOM: RISE OF THE ZOMBIE PIGS and a bestselling book for grown ups called SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK.

Her latest book in the CRINGE CLUB series, SUMMER OF SUFFERING, is out in July.

Emily-Jane is also a writer for TV shows including The Mash Report, The Jonathan Ross Show and Mock the Week. She won the Craft of Comedy UK's New Writing Competition, made the BBC Comedy Writers Room longlist and was a finalist in the Funny Women Awards. Before she wrote words for money she was a holiday park entertainer, failed pop star, gherkin girl at McDonalds, journalist and feature writer for Metro UK, Mirror Online, New Statesman and Huffington Post UK.