Alice loves reading more than anything, and she is proud to be the 'biggest reader' in her school. Then Sophie Smith turns up. Sophie is the daughter of the new school librarian, and she's an even bigger reader than Alice. With her more mature knowledge of books, she shakes Alice's confidence in her own superiority. When Alice has the idea for starting up a book club, she imagines it as being just for herself and her close friends, even though her friends aren't particularly dedicated readers. She's not at all sure that she really wants know-it-all Sophie to be a member...
