Lucky Star Award-winning by Cathy Cassidy (author)

Author/Illustrator

Cathy Cassidy

Cathy Cassidy’s stirring teen novels have a huge following. Their optimism, realism and empathy explain their popularity, especially with girls, and are perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson.

More about Cathy: “I was born in 1962 in Coventry (scarily ancient, I know!). I wrote my first picture book for my little brother when I was eight or nine. I loved making comics, too – pages and pages of picture stories, features and competitions. I’d sell my homemade comic to a friend for 5p, then claim it back and sell it again to someone else,they didn’t have photocopiers back then!

I went to Art College in Liverpool, then got a job as fiction editor on the fab and legendary Jackie magazine. Later, I married my boyfriend Liam, went back to college and trained to be an art teacher. I taught in a Coventry secondary school for a few years, which I loved, then moved to Scotland with Liam to start a family.

My kids are 13 and 14 years old now, and the four of us live in a cottage in the Galloway hills with sheep and cows for neighbours. As well as writing books, I am the agony aunt on Shout magazine and sometimes teach art in the local primary schools, which is great fun and keeps me sane. (Well, maybe!)

I’ve been veggie for 30 years, and was vegan for 8 of them – a chocolate-eating vegan, like Storm! I love old clothes, old toys, cars, books. We have three cats, two rabbits and a mad, hairy lurcher called Kelpie (the model for Leggit in my book Dizzy).

I love my family, I love living in the middle of nowhere and I love my work. Of all my jobs, writing has to be the best – it’s the perfect excuse to daydream, after all!”

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1. JapaneseStar
   on 9 March 2016

   Lucky Star is a captivating story of a boy called Mouse trying to stay out of trouble who meets, young girl Cat who is trying to get into trouble. I loved this book; it was so amazing because 1) Reading from a boy’s point of view. 2) It’s kind of a ruff background with trouble makers. I’d totally recommend this book to anyone my age and up as it is a great read. I hope you enjoy all the twists and turns in this book if you decide to read it! And I’m going to rate it: 5/5 :-)

   5 out of 5

2. loobyloulou123
   on 9 March 2014

   best book ever

   5 out of 5

3. Book-Lover1234
   on 9 March 2014

   Amazing read with an amazing ending. A very emotional read!

4. GingerSnaps4
   on 19 January 2014

   This book is really good it’s about Mouse (who was in Dizzy) wanted stop getting in trouble and Cat wanted to land herself into it and it’s like they are lucky stars!

   5 out of 5

5. angel345
   on 25 October 2013

   i loved this book.hope cathy cassidy writes many more books like this.

   5 out of 5

6. Too-Amazayn
   on 9 March 2013

   I enjoyed lucky star, it’s a sort of sequel to Dizzy

   4 out of 5

7. natashakrywald
   on 8 March 2013

   good book

8. ellie-melay27
   on 7 March 2013

   this is a warm and touching story and i really recommend it! it is 6/5 for me xxxxxxx

9. stupendousteen
   on 4 March 2013

   this book is AWESOME

   5 out of 5

10. nikki657
    on 6 March 2012

    i really want to read it

11. emz162000
    on 1 March 2012

    1 OF MY FAVES

    4 out of 5

12. ToxicTiger
    on 1 March 2012

    Lucky Star is a book about friends from completely different worlds. Can their friendship survive?

13. mimis642
    on 2 June 2011

    Aww soo nice greta fab

    5 out of 5