Awards
- Long-listed for The UKLA Book Awards 2025 (UK)
- Short-listed for Sefton Super Reads Award 2024 (UK)
Overview
""Laughs, adventure, tears, and most importantly heart."" Phil Earle, author of When The Sky Falls""A glorious, hilarious, and touching triumph of a book."" Katya Balen, author of October, OctoberA one-of-a-kind tale of love, loss, laughter and hope, from award-winning author Jenny Pearson.Benji McLaughlin is a visionary. He believes in things other people think are impossible, like that he and his brother Stanley will be happy living with their uncle, and that the Loch Lochy monster is real, and that his parents will come home safely one day. So when he finds out that Uncle Hamish's holiday business is struggling, Benji's not worried. He has a visionary plan. Together with his new friends, Murdy and Mr Dog, he sets off to prove that the Loch Lochy monster exists, and bring tourists flooding in.But Benji might have to confront different monsters to the one he expects. Praise for Jenny Pearson:SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARD, WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE, LAUGH OUT LOUD BOOK AWARD and the BRANFORD BOASE AWARD""Breaks records for funny and touching storytelling."" David Baddiel""As funny and tender as it could ever be."" Frank Cottrell-Boyce""Heart-warming and genuinely funny."" The Times
Full Product Details
Author: Jenny Pearson ,
Katie Kear
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.284kg
ISBN: 9781474999892
ISBN 10: 1474999891
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 06 July 2023
Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children's (6-12)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Laughs, adventure, tears, and most importantly...heart - Jenny is one of the finest storytellers we have. * Phil Earle, author of When The Sky Falls *
Laughs, adventure, tears, and most importantly...heart - Jenny is one of the finest storytellers we have. * Phil Earle, author of When The Sky Falls * Visionary! A glorious, hilarious, and touching triumph of a book. No one writes humour and heart quite like Jenny Pearson. * Katya Balen, author of October, October *
Author Information
Jenny Pearson has been awarded six mugs, one fridge magnet, one wall plaque and numerous cards for her role as Best Teacher in the World. When she is not busy being inspirational in the classroom, she would like nothing more than to relax with her two young boys, but she can't as they view her as a human climbing frame. Her debut novel, The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates, was short listed for the Costa Children's Book Award and selected as a Waterstones Book of the Month.
