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Ella on the Outside

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Ella on the Outside by Cath Howe

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By Cath Howe

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She doesn’t know anyone and she doesn’t have any friends.

And she has a terrible secret.

Ella can’t believe her luck when Lydia, the most popular girl in school, decides to be her new best friend – but what does Lydia really want?

Reviews

04 Jan 2025

Beautiful and amazing about a loving story about a girl called Ella who moved country and went to a new school. Trying to find friends she falls under a trap but she had a loving mum who helped her and she finds a true friend at the end.

This book is magical with a lovely moral

Don’t try and fit in ,just be yourself!

04 Jan 2025

Amazing,
And has great morals,
It was a life changer!

11 Sep 2024

Baroness Letizia Snivel

Read this so many times! Love it!!

11 Sep 2024

Baroness Letizia Snivel

Read this so many times! Love it!!

23 Aug 2024

This book is about a girl called Ella who is in a new town and struggles to fit in. When forced to spy on Molly she finds out some terrible things!!

Thoughtful, passionate and on the outside.

28 Jul 2024

Ella on the outside was a very interesting book because it was all about how Ella moved schools and made different friendships with diffrent people - but finds a true one at the end

02 Jul 2024

such a good and kinda emotionla book

16 Sep 2023

I ramdomly chose this book in Waterstones and at first I thought I wouldn't like it but I was wrong its really good.

28 Aug 2023

This book made me and my mummy cry. It was brilliant but really sad in places.

27 Aug 2023

Definitely recommend for 10 to 12

23 Aug 2023

It was great to read, have wanted to read it for a long time but have never seen it anywhere but found it in my local library recently.

15 Aug 2023

This was a fictional book. I felt that I liked Ella the best. This book was all about a girl with no friends and how she begins to grow more confident and have more friends. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is looking for how to tell a true friend from a fake friend.

12 Aug 2023

I really like this book because it is about a girl called Ella and I’m also called Ella. You would like this book if you like adventure and bravery.

09 Aug 2023

This book was one of my favourites when I read this book, I could remeber my old school friends.

08 Aug 2023

This book was fiction. My favourite character was Ella and Molly. It interests me because it tells you that you have to stick with true friends and friends that want to know private things when you aren't comfortable with are not true friends. I would recommend it.

06 Aug 2023

It was a very heart warming and loving story. I loved it. Thank you Cath Howe!

06 Aug 2023

Ella was my favourite character, she reminded me of me. Although it is a child's book, it felt a bit older which I liked

04 Aug 2023

I liked Molly the best, but it was not factual. It did interest me another person view of primary school. Yes I would!

03 Aug 2023

I really loved this book! My friend recommended the author to me and then I got hooked! I would recommend this book to between ages 8-15. Definitely 5/5 stars!

31 Jul 2023

It was about a girl who just moved and she made a friend called Lydia but Lydia wanted something.

I think it is a very good book because it was interesting from the start and to the end.

30 Jul 2023

Made me LOVE READING. You need this book in your life’s although at some points I felt heartbroken in a bad way.

30 Jul 2023

This is a powerful story about girls' friendships. The main character, Ella, is socially awkward and in awe of the popular girl, Lydia. I'm sure we have all come across a Lydia in real life: I was urging Ella not to tell Lydia her secrets and not to go along with Lydia's plan to humiliate Molly. The book expertly reveals the tactics used by bullying people to get others under their control. The reader can see what Lydia is up to a long time before Ella and this makes the book a real page turner- I could not put this book down. The book is an easy read and I would recommend it to KS2 girls.

28 Jul 2023

My favourite part is when she dumps Lydia and becomes friends with Molly

24 Jul 2023

it was so emotional I acctually cried

22 Jul 2023

I would recommend this to everyone ideally over the age of 8. My favourite character is Ella since she is really kind.

16 Jul 2023

This book is fiction. My favourite character was molly because she was just trying to keep her life together and i think that that is really good

08 Jul 2023

It was the best book I have ever read. I read it like a million times.

14 Feb 2023

This is a great book. This book is about a girl called Ella and she had to move to another town. And she has a big secret. She finds herself lucky when Lydia, the most popular girl in school, decides to be her new best friend. This book tells the reader about Ella's adventures. In my opinion, the best character was Ella, because she goes through a tough time at her new house but she manages to cope with it.
I would recommend this book to everyone who ever felt lonely and an extra that you think nobody wants.

19 Dec 2022

it was a fiction book and I loved it. My favourite character was molly the quite shy girl how lived at number 13. I would recommend it to people who love a bit of a mystery but like books about friendships aswell. What happens is ella -who loves taking pictures-has a terrible secret about her dad and she moves to a different contry with her brother Jack and her mum. She has a new school and makes friends with Lydia the most popular girl in the school then Lydia starts to be alittle mean so ella makes friends with molly. When Lydia hears she's friends with molly she then becomes friends again with ella and she wants her to go in mollys house and find more about her. But molly has a secret about her mum aswell.

13 Dec 2022

I would recommend this book because it's funny and cool.

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