Skylar and the K-Pop Headteacher, Luan Goldie‘s first children’s book, has been listed in Toppsta‘s ‘100 Must-Read Children’s Books of 2024’. It was placed in the ‘Books for Ages 7+ category’.  Each of the books on the list was read and reviewed by Toppsta’s young readers!

The full list can be accessed here.

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 hardback US copy here.

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

You can follow Luan on Twitter @LuanGoldie.