Jacqueline Wilson announces adult Girls series sequel

As per the official synopsis, being an adult isn't what Ellie thought it would be, but she's ready for that all to change.

It reads: "Being an adult isn't quite what Ellie Allard dreamed it would be when she was fourteen years old. Though she's got her beautiful daughter Lottie, life-long best friends in Magda and Nadine and her trusty cat Stella, her love life is non-existent and she feels like she's been living on auto-pilot, just grateful to be able to afford the mortgage on her pokey little flat.

"But this year on her birthday, the universe seems to decide it’s time to for all that to change – whether Ellie wants it to or not. As she navigates new, exciting and often choppy waters, she’s about to discover that life will never stop surprising you – if only you let it."

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The adult novel will be released on Thursday 12th September and it is available to pre-order now!

While the cover is yet to be revealed, the provisional shows a green background that reads: "You think life's done surprising you? THINK AGAIN."

Wilson, best known for her popular children's novels including The Story of Tracy Becker, Hetty Feather and many more, announced the exciting news on her social media channels.

In a minute-long video posted to X (formerly Twitter), the author said: "I'm very excited to tell you about my new novel, Think Again, which is coming this September.

"Nearly 30 years ago, I wrote a quartet of novels about three 13-year-old best friends – Ellie, Magda and Nadine. Still today, young women come up to me in the street to tell me how much those books meant to them, and they often ask me what happened to these characters.

"My new novel, Think Again, will answer those questions."

The original book in the Girls series was titled Girls in Love and was followed by Girls under Pressure, Girls out Late and Girls in Tears.

Twenty-two years after the final book was published, the girls are back!

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