Esme has never liked the girl she saw in the mirror. Not pretty enough. Not thin enough. Not smart enough or talented enough. Nothing at all like her big sister, Ro.

Then, a new friend came into her life—a friend who wanted Esme to be exactly who she was, or so Esme thought.

For a while, Esme liked who she saw in the mirror—even if it never really felt like her. But then, she messed up and her friend went away, and she was left with herself. Nothing could cover up the fact that she was a talentless nobody whose only real dream was to work in a milk bar. Which would never be good enough for her mum.

When two new friends try to help her see the real Esme again, she can’t risk it happening all over again. She can’t be their friend. And she definitely can’t let them convince her to be in the school play . . .

School plays were for girls like Ro. So, of course she got a part. Because she was perfect. But what if Ro wasn’t as perfect as she seemed? What if she needed Esme’s help?

And what if the real Esme Rogers was nothing like who anybody said she was, but a creature of her own making, who could be more than any of them imagined . . . even if it made her mother mad.

A book about finding friendship in unlikely places and finding yourself in even stranger ones . . .

And, most importantly . . . ice cream.

Adapted from Andy Griffiths’ and Terry Denton’s phenomenally successful Treehouse book series, Richard Tulloch’s play—The 13-Storey Treehouse—is action-packed, full of laughs…with a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of man-eating sharks and a lemonade fountain!

Imagine living in a 13-storey treehouse that includes a secret underground laboratory, self-making beds, a vegetable vaporiser and a marshmallow machine that shoots marshmallows into your mouth? Well Andy and Terry are lucky enough to live in one, where they have a series of completely mad adventures. And today Andy and Terry manage to get their dates all mixed up. They thought that they were going to rehearse their new play, The 13-Storey Treehouse, except they forgot to write it! And to make matters worse, they need to find flying cats, a mermaid, a sea monster, an invasion of monkeys, and a giant gorilla! Despite not having any of these things, they do have a box of costumes and props, some pretty awesome technology and friends to help out!