Dry your tears - Ally's World might be ending, but Stella Etc is just beginning!

A brilliant new series from top combo Karen McC and Spike Gerrell, Stella Etc is a must for Ally's World fans who need their fix of Karen's humour and warmth, her spot-on depiction of pre-teen girls' lives and fresh, original voice but with a whole new cast of characters to get to know and love.

Welcome to Ally's-World-on-Sea! Stella has just moved from London to a paint-peeling, past-its-sell-by-date, seaside resort town, which feels just around the corner from the back of beyond after Kentish Town.

She comes to love it and its eccentricities and the characters she meet there - one new friend is added to the group in each book.

This first book deals with the move from town to seaside and the leaving behind of best friend, Frankie.

Peaches is the new character, a big. ugly ginger cat, who turns out to be possibly the most important character of all!

Stella sees grumpy waitress Amber's big-haired mum trying to force her into wearing a horrible bridesmaid dress disaster to her all too perfect sister's wedding.Amber looks miserable as a very miserable thing and is trying everything to get out of the wedding ...including telling a few teeny white lies.

Stella thinks Amber could really do with some sympathetic, normal mates, like her, Rach and TJ.

But Rachel isn't so sure - she thinks the wedding's not the only thing Amber's told a few fibs about...