Cringe Club: Volume 1
The bestselling, hilarious series for tweens, from award-winning author and comedy writer
Published on 31. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-3985-4352-2 (ISBN)
Description
THE BESTSELLING NEW SERIES FOR KIDS, TOLD ENTIRELY IN THE FORM OF A GROUP CHAT, FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND COMEDY-WRITER, EMILY-JANE CLARK.
Welcome to the group chat! It's called Cringe Club because, as you might have guessed, it contains a cringe binge of EPIC proportions.
My name is Kennedy King and I have been FORCED to move to London by The Mother. I have just started Hellington High School (aka HELL HIGH). The only GOOD thing about moving is that The Mother has finally agreed to let me have my own phone (guilt present) so I can stay in touch with my best friends. Enter at your own risk (of cringe) and remember . . . what is said in Cringe Club, STAYS in Cringe Club.
Features themes of fitting in and making friends, starting a new school and (most importantly) embracing your cringe!
For readers aged 8+ with illustrations throughout
Perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks and Dork Diaries
Readers LOVE the Cringe Club:
"Cringe Club is ideal for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid [and] Dork Diaries"
"The perfect book for reluctant teens"
"Books like this make reading a joy"
"I struggle to get my teen to read books so it was wonderful to see her enjoying this one so much"
"An ideal gift for any tween or teen"
"This book has got my very reluctant reader to not only pick up a book, but devour it with a passion"
*Cringe Club was an Amazon #1 bestseller in Children's Books on Marriage & Divorce on 24/08/2025
**Emily-Jane Clark won the BASH award and the Fantastic Book Award with her debut.
Welcome to the group chat! It's called Cringe Club because, as you might have guessed, it contains a cringe binge of EPIC proportions.
My name is Kennedy King and I have been FORCED to move to London by The Mother. I have just started Hellington High School (aka HELL HIGH). The only GOOD thing about moving is that The Mother has finally agreed to let me have my own phone (guilt present) so I can stay in touch with my best friends. Enter at your own risk (of cringe) and remember . . . what is said in Cringe Club, STAYS in Cringe Club.
Features themes of fitting in and making friends, starting a new school and (most importantly) embracing your cringe!
For readers aged 8+ with illustrations throughout
Perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks and Dork Diaries
Readers LOVE the Cringe Club:
"Cringe Club is ideal for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid [and] Dork Diaries"
"The perfect book for reluctant teens"
"Books like this make reading a joy"
"I struggle to get my teen to read books so it was wonderful to see her enjoying this one so much"
"An ideal gift for any tween or teen"
"This book has got my very reluctant reader to not only pick up a book, but devour it with a passion"
*Cringe Club was an Amazon #1 bestseller in Children's Books on Marriage & Divorce on 24/08/2025
**Emily-Jane Clark won the BASH award and the Fantastic Book Award with her debut.
Reviews / Votes
'The funniest book! Emily-Jane Clark has made it very cool to be cringe. Long live the Cringe Crew!' -- Kate Weston An epically hilarious read, full of heart, that navigates the ups and downs of the cringe-fest that is the first term of secondary school. This brilliant series will resonate with tweenagers everywhere and bring them pun-tastic fun, laugh-out-loud friendship fails and the page-turning mystery of what that weird teacher keeps in their cupboard . . . I'm a fully signed-up member of Cringe Club. Kennedy King is already a legend. -- Tamsin Winter 'OMG-enius! Fresh, funky and fabulous - Cringe Club puts the cool in school!' -- MC Grammar 'Cringe Club is SO much fun. Proper LOLs throughout and such a great way to tell a story. Hang on . . . does reading it count as positive screen time?' -- Tiernan DouiebMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
256 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3985-4352-2 (9781398543522)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Emily-Jane Clark
Cringe Club
The bestselling, hilarious series for tweens, from award-winning author and comedy writer
E-Book
07/2025
Simon + Schuster LLC
€7.73
Available for download
Persons
Emily-Jane Clark is the author of The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in 2024. She writes for television and her work has been featured on The Mash Report, The Jonathan Ross Show, BBC and Mock the Week. When she's not writing, she teaches drama to primary school children.