Ella on the sidelines

Stupid first day in a new school. Stupid mother Green sweater. Why did you even move to another city?! Dad is now far away, mom works all day, and new classmates, it seems, do not notice Ella at all. Suddenly, the most popular girl in the class of Lydia invites Ella to her birthday and calls her her new best girlfriend. But why did Lydia choose the new one of all? And what will happen if she finds out the worst secret of Ella?
The English writer Kat Hau works as a teacher in a London school, organizes creative workshops for schoolchildren, writes plays and scripts. Ella on the sidelines is a debut story by Kat Hau, published in 2018. It was included in the list of "Read for Empathy" as a book that helps children learn to sympathize.
For children of secondary school age