Fame Thing by Jonathan Meres

Fame Thing by Jonathan Meres

By Jonathan Meres (author) , Jake McDonald (illustrator)

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One of our Super Readable Books of the Year 2016 | Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8 | In a nutshell: funny story of football, fandom and fame | George is over the moon when she finds out her favourite footballer Dean Johnson has moved into the massive mansion in her home town, and even more excited when she actually meets him.

He seems really nice, but that’s not what the papers say: has he invited her to the cup final to talk football, or just to exploit a PR opportunity? A different take on the football story, this is fun and easy to read, and the banter between George and her mates is top division stuff. ~ Andrea Reece

Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+

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A MEGA famous footballer moves into the small village where 15 year old, football fantatic George lives. Can you believe everything that gets written in the papers? George gets to make her own mind up...Fantastic new edition of a popular title.

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Jonathan Meres was born in Nottingham and spent many years sailing the seven seas as a merchant seaman. He gave it up to be a rock star but ended up being an ice cream van driver and comedian instead. As a comedian he won the Time Out award and in the '90s was nominated for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival. As a writer he is best known for being the author of over 30 books for children and in particular his bestselling, award-winning series, The World Of Norm , with over 800,000 copies sold in UK. He has also been a World Book Day Author. Jonathan lives in Edinburgh with his wife and children.

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A MEGA famous footballer moves into the small village where 15 year old, football fantatic George lives. Can you believe everything that gets written in the papers?

The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Fame Thing and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old

Fame Thing features in the following genres: Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 9+, Recommendations, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Featured Books for 9+ readers

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Fame Thing was written by Jonathan Meres and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd

Fame Thing has 80 pages

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