
Chocolate Box Girls: Bittersweet by Cathy Cassidy - you'll love this special addition to the Chocolate Box series! Fans of Cathy Cassidy's delicious Chocolate Box Girls series will love this special short book for World Book Day. Cathy is the top-selling author of Angel Cake, Ginger Snaps and Summer's Dream and is a perfect next read for fans of Jacqueline Wilson. Dip into the delicious world of the Chocolate Box Girls, as gorgeous Shay gets the chance to tell his own story. Discover the truth behind Shay's break-up with Honey and his new relationship with her step-sister Cherry. The first Chocolate Box story from a boy's point of view. Cathy Cassidy is Puffin's top-selling author for girls. She was an art teacher, a magazine editor and an agony aunt before becoming a full-time writer. She has worked at Shout magazine and previously at Jackie, the magazine famously named after Jacqueline Wilson. Cathy tours extensively around the UK - meeting over 10,000 young readers in 2012. She has twice won the prestigious 'Queen of Teen' award. Cathy lives with her husband, two teenage children, two dogs, two cats and a rabbit.
Author

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 went to Art College in Liverpool, then got a job as fiction editor on the fab and legendary Jackie magazine. I have worked as agony aunt on Shout magazine and also as an art teacher in the local primary & secondary schools, as well as as a freelance illustrator. These days, I am a full-time author. 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!