I read Jacqueline Wilson religiously as a kid. Who didn't?! Every release I would get so excited and devour it as soon as I could. So getting a sequel to one of my favourites? Amazing. Even as an adult I enjoyed this so, so much and it was great to reunite with some characters that I loved as a kid.

This tackles school cliques and friend groups, living with disability in the family, incorporating gender diversity and working on self confidence.

Daisy is the newest girl at school and has found her friend base, but at the cost of crossing the most popular girl Chloe. Emily who was Chloe’s best friend left the friendship to be friends with Emily (probably because Daisy is a genuine person). Chloe’s popularity relies on what material things she can offer via her rich parents and father’s work connections. Daisy’s big sister Lily is severely disabled, but Daisy loves and cares for her sister and usually copes well with a family life that often revolves around Lily and her special needs.
Being the spiteful competitive person that she is, Chloe decides to have the best sleepover ever with gimmicks that have classmates and more clamouring for invites and making her the most popular person in school. Daisy is very definitely NOT invited, but one by one her friends are lured by the promise of activities very close to their hearts. It seems that Chloé is manipulating the friends to force them to choose sides and change camp. To cheer up her little sister, Lily asks for her own sleepover the same night and Daisy vows to make it the best ever. This will be more intimate with Lily’s new best friend from her special needs school and Daisy’s best friend Emily. Chloe of course tries to belittle and derail the event and even Daisy is worried about how to make her sister’s sleepover brilliant.

With ups and downs that young readers can identify with, in the end family and real friends win out over hype and ‘bought’ friends and Lily’s camp is truly spectacular with the four girls having a brilliant time. Meanwhile the Chloe sleepover posse did what she said they would do, but with a very watered down reality and a much less friendly vibe.

Great for primary aged children, mostly girls who are trying to navigate new schools, make new friends, manage difficult relationships at school and standing up to local bullies. The diversity issue is well managed as it shows the realism as well as the normality of households with a disabled family member and the cross dressing uncle is marvelously handled.

As always, Jaqueline Wilson takes sensitive topics and terms them in something highly relatable with positive solutions.

This is a follow up to the original The Sleepovers which I read years ago. But this one follows Daisy.

The Best Sleepover In The World centres of the same set of friends, The Alphabet Club girls - Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily. It brushes over the events of the first book where Daisy joins the school and they all have a sleepover for their birthdays, and focuses on mean girl Chloe declaring she is going to be hosting the best sleepover in the world - luxury pools, makeovers, and Tik Tok stars included! Only Daisy is NOT invited. Daisy’s sister Lily senses Daisy’s upset about this and decides that she will have her own sleepover to rival Chloe’s. Daisy and Lily’s parents are unsure at first as Lily has additional needs, and inviting her best friend Natalie who also has additional needs could prove logistically tricky. But they find a way to make it work, and Daisy, Lily, Emily and Natalie have their very own best sleepover ever.


I read it in one sitting, as it’s short and sweet and gave me so much nostalgia. Talking about all the sleepovers they had, went into such detail and made me think of all the ones I had when I was younger (especially ones in a tent in the back garden). It was very entertaining and a stronger read than the first. This book has such wonderful disability (the highlighting of the importance of Makaton. I am a firm believer that Makaton should be taught to all children from a young age) and Queer representation (Uncle Gary who’s a drag Queen) for a very young audience, also bringing it up to date mentioning things like TikTok and it is for this reason that I would so highly recommend it.

It’s been so long since I read the first one, that I’m going to reread the first one then reread this at some point.

This was a wonderful follow-up to the first book. I love the fact that we focus on Lily this time around. The disability representation is fantastic and inclusive. I always love this author's work and once again she has not let me down. Top rate book.

This was the loveliest heart-warming story and I love that Jacqueline Wilson has brought back some of the characters that I read about when I was younger.

My nine year old loved reading this. Full of the trademark Jacqueline Wilson charm. Daisy is left out from Chloe’s party but instead gets to hangout with her sister who is gradually learning to express herself though Makaton.
Jacqueline Wilson books are great for kids broadens awareness of the world.

Your typical Jacqueline Wilson book. Brilliant!

Great story and characters are brilliantly written. Illustrations are great too.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC.

Hooray it’s the long-awaited sequel to the hugely popular book Sleepovers!
Amazing I loved it and devoured it in one sitting! Kids and adults can enjoy this.

My daughter ( 9 years) loves Jacqueline Wilson's book so I was surprised when I presented her with this to learn she hadn't read the first Sleepover book. Quick kindle purchase and a quick read and she was ready to get stuck in to this the sequel.
She read it in one sitting, loved it. She thought it was very entertaining and a stronger read than the first. She loved the characters and her only complaint is that she wished it was longer. She has been recommending to her pals and is going to buy the paperback to reread at some point.

A big recommendation from her for this one.

As always with a Jacqueline Wilson book you know you're going to enjoy it before you even open the cover. This one definitely didn't disappoint and is the perfect sequel to Sleepovers. The characters are fun, it explores some fun and important topics and is very moving. A firm recomendation from me.

'Sleepovers' was such a prominent book of my childhood that I knew as soon as it was announced that I had to read the sequel. And I'm so glad I did!
Although the book doesn't offer anything too different from the original, it's clear that changes have been made to make the story more suitable for readers today. The changes to Lily's character are especially prevalent, and I loved how here Wilson made her into a true character of the story, interacting with Daisy and their friends using Makaton, and showing a personality she wasn't granted in the original book.
I think these changes are so important, and the representation that Wilson is striving to include in her novels today is so telling of her development as a writer and a person. This book has such wonderful disability and queer representation for a very young audience, and it is for this reason that I would so highly recommend it.

As a life long fan of Jacqueline Wilson, to say I was excited for this sequel is an understatement. I was lucky enough to meet her years ago and had my copy of Sleepovers signed and this story has just transported me right back there. Jacqueline Wilson is one of the best authors out there and I cannot wait to bring her stories to life again with my own children.

The Best Sleepover in the world is a fabulous transportation back, with the story beginning pretty much straight on from the first. Fans worldwide will not be able to resist this story of strength and friendship, inclusive of some real world issues that many would not think about in a story like this.

Jacqueline - Ms Wilson - thank you for everything you have ever written.

Jacqueline Wilson inspired my love of reading as a child and it is her I have to thank for my lifelong love for it. Sleepovers is one of the first Jacqueline Wilson books that I remember reading as a child - and rereading over and over again! So despite the fact that I am now 27 years old, I requested the ARC for this follow up on NetGalley and was delighted to be approved! 🤩

The Best Sleepover In The World centres of the same set of friends, The Alphabet Club girls - Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily. It brushes over the events of the first book where Daisy joins the school and they all have a sleepover for their birthdays, and focuses on mean girl Chloe declaring she is going to be hosting the best sleepover in the world - luxury pools, makeovers, and Tik Tok stars included! Only Daisy is NOT invited. Daisy’s sister Lily senses Daisy’s upset about this and decides that she will have her own sleepover to rival Chloe’s. Daisy and Lily’s parents are unsure at first as Lily has additional needs, and inviting her best friend Natalie who also has additional needs could prove logistically tricky. But they find a way to make it work, and Daisy, Lily, Emily and Natalie have their very own best sleepover ever.

I loved the focus on children with disabilities, and the highlighting of the importance of Makaton. I am a firm believer that Makaton should be taught to all children from a young age. I also LOVED the fact that Uncle Gary was a Drag Queen! Lots of diversity was explored and celebrated in this book, and that’s exactly what children need to be exposed to within their reading for pleasure. Children need to know that everybody is different and that that’s more than okay.

My only gripe about the book is the dialogue between the children, because as a teacher, I know very well that this is just not the way that children talk to each other! It wasn’t representative of children today and it made it more stilted to read. More realistic dialogue would have made this a five star read!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC.

I haven’t read a Jacqueline Wilson books in years and I knew I had to when I saw this pop up on NetGalley!

I did have to go and reread sleepovers first but I wouldn’t say it was necessary at all.

It was fantastic seeing Lily become an actual character in this book instead of just a prop who didn’t do anything.

Loved the new illustrations surprisingly because I’m so used to Nick Sharratt but they were so cute and fitting.