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  Then I sneezed six times without stopping.

  'Oh no,' said Mum again.

  'Oh yes,' I said. 'Poor little Sadie!'

  'Poor little me,' said Mum. 'It looks like I'm going to have my hands full nursing you two.'

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  'Let's hope Gemma and Vincent

  and baby Clive haven't caught it too.

  Then it won't just be your hands –

  you'll have two arms and a leg full as well,' I said.

  Later

  I am still sneezing. I am still shivery.

  My head hurts. I do not feel very well at all. I think I definitely do have flu.

  I am not pleased. Although wait a minute. If I've got flu I won't be able to go back to school tomorrow. So I'll have more holiday, even though it looks like I'll be stuck in bed.

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  Later still

  If I don't go back to school tomorrow I won't be able to hand in my holiday diary. So what does that mean? I've filled up all this great long book for nothing!

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  JACQUELINE WILSON is one of Britain's most outstanding writers for young readers. She is the most borrowed author from British libraries and has sold over 25 million books in this country.

  As a child, she always wanted to be a writer and wrote her first 'novel' when she was nine, filling countless exercise books as she grew up. She started work at a publishing company and then went on to work as a journalist on Jackie magazine (which was named after her) before turning to writing fiction full-time.

  Jacqueline has been honoured with many of the UK's top awards for children's books, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Smarties Prize, the Red House Book Award and the Children's Book of the Year.

  She was awarded an OBE in 2002 and was the Children's Laureate for 2005-2007.

  ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

  NICK SHARRATT knew from an early age that he wanted to use his drawing skills as his career, so he went to Manchester Polytechnic to do an Art Foundation course. He followed this up with a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design at St. Martin's School of Art in London from 1981–1984.

  Since graduating, Nick has been working full-time as an illustrator for children's books, publishers and a wide range of magazines. His brilliant illustrations have brought to life many books, most notably the titles by Jacqueline Wilson.

  Nick also writes books as well as illustrating them.

  SLEEPOVERS

  Jacqueline W i l s o n

  Sleepover parties are the greatest!

  Everybody's having one . . .

  All of Daisy's friends in the Alphabet Club – Amy, Bella, Chloe and Emily, have had sleepovers for their birthdays. Daisy has a dilemma. She'd love to have a sleepover too, but then she'd have to let her friends meet her sister...

  A funny and moving story for younger readers from the award-winning author of Lizzie Zipmouth and Double Act.

  ISBN: 978 0 552 55783 2

  THE WORRY WEBSITE

  Jacqueline Wilson

  Type in your worry . . .

  Is anything bothering you? Problems in class or at home? Don't know where to turn for help?

  Log on to the Worry Website! Type in your worry and wait for the good advice to flow in.

  At least that's the plan when Mr Speed sets up his super-cool new Worry Website for the class. Holly, Greg, Natasha and the rest feel that they've got shedloads of worries but, as they find out, sometimes the best advice comes from the most unexpected place.

  A fabulous collection of linked short stories from the bestselling, award-winning Jacqueline Wilson.

  Also includes a prize-winning story by a 12-year-old writer!

  ISBN: 978 0 440 86826 2

  Document Outline

  Front Cover

  Frontmatter F1

  Title

  By the Same Author

  Title Page

  Epub Copyright Page

  Dedication

  Chapter One: MONDAY

  Chapter Two: TUESDAY

  Chapter Three: WEDNESDAY

  Chapter Four: THURSDAY

  Chapter Five: FRIDAY

  Chapter Six: SATURDAY

  Chapter Seven: SUNDAY

  Endmatter ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

  SLEEPOVERS

  THE WORRY WEBSITE

  Table of Contents

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