Luan Goldie‘s “hilarious” children’s book (Armadillo Magazine), Skylar and the K-Pop Headteacher, has been featured in the BookTrust’s Great Books Guide of 2024-2025!

Experts from BookTrust, the UK’s largest children’s reading charity, provide a list of reading recommendations for children and a suggested age range the book is appropriate for. The selection ranges from funny novels and exciting adventure stories to books that help with learning and development. Skylar and the K-Pop Headteacher appeared in the 10+ section. Congratulations, Luan!

K-Pop meets Freaky Friday in a hilarious middle-grade body swap adventure from a Costa-winning author, perfect for fans of Jenny Pearson and David Solomons.

When 11-year-old K-Pop obsessed Skylar inexplicably switches bodies with her super strict 71-year-old headteacher, Ms Callus, she’s thrown into a hilarious world of dancing old ladies gone viral and school rules thrown out the window, as she tries to figure out how on earth to swap back! But then the chance to meet her favourite boyband AZ8 in real life changes everything, and Skylar must decide whether her K-Pop dream come true is worth risking being stuck as an old lady for ever…

Singing with laugh-out-loud moments, this is a joyful and uplifting tale of friendship, fandom and chasing your dreams.

Skylar and the K-Pop Headteacher will be released in the US on February 18th 2025. Grab your copy here.

Grab your UK copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

You can follow Luan on Twitter @LuanGoldie.