Abby struggles with feelings of anxiety about school during a period of family upheaval in this sensitive and touching story from Sally Nicholls. Abby is used to it being just her and her dad at home, but now her dad's new girlfriend Jen is moving in and everything is changing. It's not like Jen is an evil stepmother, though. Instead, Abby's problem is that Jen is just too nice! She constantly compliments Isla on everything from her appearance to her schoolwork, and Abby finds it fake and claustrophobic. But how can she explain to her dad how she feels when Jen hasn't really done anything wrong? - Sally Nicholls is hugely popular across the trade, with her work shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Costa Children's Book Award and twice for the Carnegie Medal - Too Nice addresses the problems of school-related anxiety and refusal, which has become a major mental-health issue for young people in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic - Sensitively and pragmatically depicts the complexities of life as part of a blended family.
Too Nice