The Battle for Big School
  • Published: 12 December 2016
  • ISBN: 9781784757359
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $25.00

The Battle for Big School

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8 Mar 2011
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12 Dec 2016
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All may be fair in love and war ... but certainly not at the school gates!
The brilliant new novel from the author of The Playground Mafia.

There are 50 places at The Oaks, the best grammar school in Letchbury, and 1,000 children applying. Competition is fierce and parents are prepared to do anything and everything to get their child one of the coveted spaces.

Close friends Lily, Julie, Karen and house husband Paul aren't overly concerned. After all, aren't their children bright and sociable enough? But they're quickly shaken out of their complacency when enrolment time approaches and turns out to be little more than a rigged lottery, where only the most ruthless hold the cards. Marriages and friendships crumble under the pressure, fake addresses are abound and tutors rates soar.

As measures get more and more extreme, the four quickly rally their troops and throw themselves into the battle for big school. Initially wary to be in competition with each other, they realise that the only way of out-smarting the rest of the pack is by coming up with a plan. Because getting their kids into The Oaks will demand determination and strategy akin to Mission Impossible ...
  • Published: 12 December 2016
  • ISBN: 9781784757359
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $25.00
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About the author

Sarah Tucker

An award-winning broadcaster and journalist, Sarah Tucker was a presenter on the BBC1 Holiday programme and anchored I Want That House Revisited on ITV1. She regularly contributes to women's magazines, the Sunday Times Travel Magazine and the Guardian.
Sarah Tucker is the author of The Playground Mafia, The Battle for Big School, School's Out, The Control Freak Chronicles and three romantic comedies published by Harlequin.

Also by Sarah Tucker

School's Out
The Control Freak Chronicles
The Playground Mafia
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Praise for The Battle for Big School

Playground fighting goes beyond the school gates in this fun, feisty read. A group of parents risk marriage and friendship to win coveted places for their kids at top grammar school The Oaks.

Sky Magazine

This really is a must-read - entertaining, humorous and topical!

My Weekly

entertaining ... an enjoyable read

Ilford Recorder Series

Scandal, backstabbing, illicit affairs ... a fab, girlie read!

New Woman

Mums will be able to see the truth behind this fun novel

In The Know

A real laugh-out-loud tale

OK! Magazine

funny and engaging

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