Lily has a stammer. The signal between her brain and her mouth is all messed up ? and it's getting worse. When a video of her practicing her class presentation is uploaded onto YouTube ? head thrust forward, eyelids fluttering, lips stretched wide ? Lily's nightmare begins. Cyberbullying, kids at school whispering, even best friend Mia laughing behind her back. Lily's confidence takes a nose-dive and she can only see one way out: run away to Dad in Scotland and start all over again. But Lily quickly realises that running away isn't the answer ? that her stammer will follow her wherever she goes? HOW TO BE MORE HEDGEHOG is about friendship and family and finding the courage to speak out. AGES: 9 plus AUTHOR: Anne-Marie Conway is a British primary school teacher specializing in drama, she also runs her own children's theatre company, Full Circle. Anne-Marie has written a number of humorous sketches which have been performed by her theatre company, and her first novel (on which Starmakers is based) was shortlisted for the inaugural Times/Chicken House Fiction Competition.
