Author:Jim Benton
The (nearly) true confessions of Jamie Kelly.
Dear whoever is Reading My Dumb Diary
Are you sure you're supposed to be reading someone else's diary? Maybe I told you that you could, so that's OK. But if you are Angeline, I did NOT give you permission, so stop it.
Dear Dumb Diary,
School was OK today. Angeline got her hair tangled up in one of the jillion things she has dangling from her backpack, and the school nurse - who is now one of my main heroes - snipped half a metre of silky blonde hair from the left side of her head, so now Angeline only looks like The Prettiest Girl in the World if you're standing on her right.
Theo's own story of developing his exceptional speed and striking skill that in the book causes him to fell the irate head teacher but in reality made him the fleet-footed darling of the Emirates at only 17 is threaded through the story. Good on detail, nicely written with a light humorous touch, Theo shows as sure a foot in print as on the pitch.
—— Julia Eccleshare , The GuardianNow his range (Theo Walcott's) of kid's books look set to be a huge success too.
—— The Sunthe first two books are actually pretty good... thoroughly enjoyable. Their climaxes, little more than made-up match reports, are particularly well done. Like their creator, this series could run and run.
—— Simon Burnton , The ObserverBoth stories... deal with the hard graft of training... Entertaining reads for soccer fans aged seven and upwards.
—— Irish Examinera great idea to get football-mad boys and girls reading and enjoyable enough to welcome others into the world of the beautiful game
—— Junior MagazineA great idea to get football-mad boys and girls reading, and enjoyable enough to welcome others into the world of the beautiful game.
—— Junior