The Monster Crisp-Guzzler

by Malorie Blackman, Sami Sweeten (Illustrator)

Overview

At her new school, Mira discovers she has a very unusual teacher - a teacher who turns into a real-life dragon when she eats crisps! This comes in very handy when the class run into trouble on a school trip to the seaside...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781448102013
Publisher:	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Publication date:	10/31/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. The novels in her Noughts&Crosses sequence have won several awards, including the Children's Book Award, and she has won many other awards for her books for the Random House list. Both Hacker and Thief! won the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 Award - Malorie is the only author to have won this award twice - while Hacker also won the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award in 1994. Her work has appeared on screen, with Pig-Heart Boy, which was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, being adapted into a BAFTA-award-winning TV serial. Malorie has also written a number of titles for younger readers.

In 2005, Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children's books.

In 2008, she was then honoured with an OBE for her services to Children's Literature.

Editorial Reviews

"This is the latest offering from the same lady who brought us the magical Snow Dog amongst many others and only enhances her reputation."

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