Dodo

It's Joe Connolly's first day at secondary school, and everything is going wrong. Surviving the worst first day ever without his best friend could prove difficult.

When an adrenaline-fuelled game of dares gets out of hand, Joe accidentally throws a ball at a teacher and ends up in big, big trouble.

It is Joe Connolly's 12th birthday and he can't wait for everyone at school to know, until he learns about the school tradition of birthday beats.

Everyone at O'Malley Secondary School seems to have found love apart from Joe, who decides today is the day he will get a girlfriend.

Joe knows he will be humiliated if he admits to being scared of Siobhan Murphy's terrifying Halloween story.

Totally unprepared for the potential pitfalls of his first year at secondary school and with new situations and embarrassments around every corner, small events mean big drama for Joe.