The Astounding Broccoli Boy Award-winning author by Frank Cottrell Boyce (author) (UK edition)

Even more laughs than Millions! If you turn green, does it mean: 1) You have plague. 2) You’re turning into a superhero. 3) You eat too much veg. Or even: 4) You’re jealous that you’ve not yet read this book? Rory is a cautious kid who likes to be ready for anything. But how do you prepare for turning green? Stuck in a remote isolation ward with two other green kids, Rory is confused. So are the medics. Is it his genes? Or maybe a weird virus? Well – check out how much this book looks like a can of Green Giant sweetcorn. We’re guessing it might have a veggie superhero inside…

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781447293217

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.5; Middle years; 10.0 points

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Frank Cottrell Boyce is a screenwriter whose films include Welcome to Sarajevo, Hilary and Jackie and Millions, which was also his first book. He has also written episodes of Coronation Street and Brookside, so you probably know his stories from your TV set. He also wrote the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony! His first children’s book Millions won the Carnegie medal, and was made into a film by Danny Boyle. He used to run a Punch and Judy show, earning a fortune in small change, and just like Damian in Millions, he is a Catholic who is fascinated by stories of the saints. He is not a millionaire and has no plans to rob a bank! However, during a short-lived career as an assistant at a puppet show, he earned a fortune entirely in small change. He believes this is how he first became interested in the problems created by user-unfriendly cash. Just like Damian in Millions, he is a Catholic who is fascinated by stories of the saints.

His second book, Framed was inspired by a news story he’d read in an old scrapbook: During the Second World War, a collection of valuable paintings from the National Gallery was hidden in a slate mine for safekeeping. He couldn’t resist imagining how all of that great art might have affected the people who lived near the mine.

Frank lives in Liverpool, with his wife and family of seven children.