The Sleepover Club is a series of children's books by authors Rose Impey, Narinder Dhami, Lorna Read , Fiona Cummings, Louis Catt, Sue Mongredien (aka Lucy Diamond), Angie Bates, Ginny Deals, Harriet Castor and Jana Novotny Hunter. It has also been adapted into a children's television programme. While the books were set in Cuddington, Leicester, England, the television show was set in the fictional Australian beachside suburb of Crescent Bay. The books revolve around five young girls who are part of a club in which they sleepover at each other's houses at least once a week. The television series do not portray the same stories as the books with the possible exception of the first episode which loosely resembled the story where the girls try and set up their 'Brown Owl' with their school care-taker.
The girls' names are Francesca "Frankie" Thomas, Rosie Cartwright, Felicity "Fliss" Sidebotham (Later "Proudlove"), Lyndsey "Lyndz" Collins and Laura "Kenny" McKenzie. Their rivals are two, snobbish girls in their class named Emma Hughes (nicknamed "The Queen") and Emily Berryman (nicknamed "The Goblin"). This pair are also referred to as the Gruesome Twosome or "The M&Ms." There are 54 books:
The Sleepover Club at Frankie’s
The Sleepover Club at Lyndsey’s
The Sleepover Club at Felicity’s
The Sleepover Club at Rosie’s
The Sleepover Club at Kenny’s
Starring the sleepover club
The Sleepover Girls Go Pop (A.K.A Sleepover Girls Go Spice)
The 24-Hour Sleepover Club
The Sleepover Club Sleeps Out
Happy Birthday Sleepover Club
Sleepover Girls on Horseback
Sleepover in Spain
Sleepover on Friday 13th
The Sleepover Girls Go Camping
Sleepover Girls Go Detective
Sleepover Girls Go Designer
The Sleepover Girls Surf the Net
Sleepover Girls on Screen
Sleepover Girls and Friends
Sleepover Girls on the Catwalk
Sleepover Girls go for Goal
Sleepover Girls Go Babysitting
Sleepover Girls Go Snowboarding
Happy New Year, Sleepover Club
Sleepover Girls Go Green (A.K.A Sleepover Club 2000)
We Love You Sleepover Club
Vive le Sleepover Club
Sleepover Club Eggstavaganza
Emergency Sleepover
Sleepover Girls on the Range
The Sleepover Club Bridesmaids
Sleepover Club See Stars
Sleepover Club Blitz
Sleepover Girls in the Ring
Sari Sleepover
Merry Christmas Sleepover Club
The Sleepover Club Down Under
Sleepover Girls Go Splash
Sleepover Girls Go Karting
Sleepover Girls Go Wild!
The Sleepover Club at the Carnival
The Sleepover Club at the Beach
Sleepover Club Vampires
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Sleepover Girls Go Dancing
The Sleepover Club on the Farm
Sleepover Girls Go Gymnastic
Sleepover Girls on the Ball
Sleepover Club Witches
Sleepover Club Ponies
Sleepover Girls on Safari
Sleepover Club Makeover
Sleepover Girls Go Surfing
Sleepover Girls go Treasure Hunting
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