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The Overthinkers' Club: Happy List

By: Nat Luurtsema

Series : The Overthinkers' Club

Age 9+

RRP A$17.99

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"This hilarious new illustrated diary series will be catnip for 9+ Lottie Brooks fans." The Guardian
The first book in the brand-new illustrated series filled with LOLs, BFFs, drama and crushes and lots of overthinking! For fans of Lottie Brooks and Dork Diaries.

Birdie is an overthinker, and she has a lot to overthink. Her BFF Chloe wants new friends (BETRAYAL), she will be a teenager in one year (BREATHE), yet owns ZERO bras (surely some mistake?!), and a boy at school maybe has a crush on her (BUT HOW TO BE SURE?!).

So Birdie has made a Happy List to tackle all the awkward and emotional challenges of being a tween. THEN she will stop being an anxious ball of stress and be happy!

That's the plan anyway...

The Overthinkers' Club is back February 2027! Preorder The Overthinkers' Club: Get Cool now!

Here's why readers love The Overthinkers' Club:
"I was totally attached to this book. I need another one NOWWWWW." - Rose, age 12
"Birdie is SOOOO funny, I love her." - Maisie, age 12
"I want to be in The Overthinkers' Club too!" - Renae, age 12
"I wish Birdie was my BFF!" - Lyla, age 10
"This book is hilarious and addictive." - Iris, age 11
"Birdie is hilarious!" - Maya, age 12
"It's like the inside of my head turned into a book. I loved it." - Cleo, age 12
"The pictures are so funny!" - Trixie, age 11
"It is so funny and relatable. One of the best books ever!" - Lily, age 10
"It only took me one day to read - I can't wait for the next book to come out!!!!" - Elodie, age 10

Details

Extent:: 352 pages
Dimensions:: 198 x 130mm
Paperback ISBN:: 9781835409978
Publication Date:: March 2026
Work Reference:: 9967

Author

Nat is a BAFTA, Royal Society of Literature and Royal Academy of Art nominee. She is an award-nominated stand-up comedian, appearing on Channel 4, BBC3 and Radio 4, and taking ten shows to the Edinburgh Festival. Her sketch group, Jigsaw, had two series of their own show on Radio 4. She wrote a short film, Island Queen, which was nominated for a BAFTA, and she's since written/directed six more short films. She plays Tallulah Bankhead in Florence Foster Jenkins and her first feature, Butterfly Stroke, starring Judy Davis and Florence Hunt, is coming out in 2027. Nat is the author of six books, and her second one, Girl Out of Water, is being developed for TV with the BFI.
And most importantly, she overthinks a lot less than she used to.

Find out more about Nat Luurtsema

Series

View series: The Overthinkers' Club

Press

This hilarious new illustrated diary series will be catnip for 9+ Lottie Brooks fans.

The Guardian

Luurtsema, as Birdie, is a proper hoot, full of unexpected perspectives and goofy quips. Elsewhere, the book is packed with gentle wisdom about anxiety.

The Observer

Another brilliant book for Lottie Brooks fans. You cheer for the wonderfully messy and relatable Birdie from the first page and this is a sweet, funny book about life's ups and downs that might also be genuinely helpful to fellow young overthinkers.

Irish Independent

Luurtsema's new tween series is very clever : she gently equips tweens with some of the tools that they can use to handle their mental health , while telling a funny relatable story about family , friendship , growing up and the trials of school.

The Bookseller

Anxiety meets hilarity!

Olaf Falafel, author, illustrator and stand-up comedian

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