
Written & illustrated by Lauren Child
Part of the Clarice Bean series
A young girl faces her biggest worry: losing her best friend forever.
Clarice Bean's world is turned upside down when her best friend moves away, leaving her grappling with unexpected worries. As she jots down her fears in a notebook, Clarice must navigate the challenges of change and the possibility of new friendships. With a ticket to a detective movie premiere in hand, will something unexpected alter her course? Dive into a tale of childhood anxieties and surprising connections, where the smallest changes can lead to the biggest adventures.
Told in Child’s familiar stream-of-consciousness style and punctuated with creative vocabulary. . . . Clarice is quickly stepping out from behind the shadow of other witty characters such as Junie B. Jones. – School Library Journal It’s the worry you hadn’t even thought to worry about that should worry you the most. At least that’s how it looks to Clarice Bean, who has been writing her worries in a notebook – things like Worry no. 1: infinity, or Worry no. 3: change. And now that her worst never-imagined worry has happened – her utterly best friend is moving away forever – Clarice doesn’t even care about her tickets to the Ruby Redfort, girl detective, movie premiere. That is, unless something happens to change things again. . . . Lauren Child’s trademark wit combines with spot-on insight in this hugely engaging story about childhood worries, unwanted changes, and finding friendships in the most surprising places.
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