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The Lost Diary of Charlie Small
When Charlie Small goes out to get a bit of fresh air before tea, fortunately taking his well-stocked rucksack with him, he has no idea that he won’t be tasting his mum’s cooking anytime soon. Somehow, he slips down a gap in space and time and into a series of huge and extraordinary adventures, from fighting off a crocodile and being rescued by an enormous mechanical rhinoceros*, to moving in with the jungle gorillas, first as a pet, then as their leader.
Charlie’s sketches provide useful maps and details, but we never know what’s going to happen next, and this is a truly breath-taking, gasp-inducing bit of story-telling full of excitement, surprises and narrow escapes. At the end of the book, Charlie is entering pirate territory, so his next adventure promises to be just as action-packed.
*Find out more about the rhino in the separate series, Will Jakeman’s Marvellous Mechanimals which are equally inventive page-turners.
Andrea Reece
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The Lost Diary of Charlie Small Volume 1 Gorilla City Synopsis
Charlie Small is twelve years old when he falls through a gap in space and time and ends up in a series of adventures which he records in a diary format.
Packed full of fun illustrations, maps and clever inventions, Charlie's first adventure takes him to Gorilla City, where he meets the mighty Thrak and must battle for survival, finally ending up as king of the jungle. No adventure is too big for Charlie Small! Will he ever get home?
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Nick Ward Press Reviews
'Buccaneering books to grip the most reluctant reader' - Daily Telegraph
'Charlie's scrapes and escapes are mapped step by step, like a good action stunt, with a balance of detail and pace.' - Times Educational Supplement
'My seven year old couldn't put it down.' - The School Librarian
'Should prove irresistible to readers of seven and upward.' - The Bookseller
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About Nick Ward
Nick Ward was born in the late Jurassic period, and since then has written over sixty books for children, from picture books to young fiction. His book Don't Eat The Teacher has sold over a million copies and his alter-ego Charlie Small has written twelve volumes of unbelievable but completely true adventurous memoirs.
Brought up living above the family shop in a quiet market town, all Nick Ward ever wanted to do was write and illustrate books, and by hook and by crook, that's exactly what he has ended up doing. He has worked in design studios and converted school buildings, but now works from a little wooden studio (shed) at the bottom of his leafy garden. It's all rather lovely.
Find him on Instagram @nickwardillustration
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A review of the series by Julia Eccleshare: An exciting series of unusual escapades are noted by Charlie Small in his journals as one hectic adventure follows another. Charlie’s adventures start ordinarily enough when his Mum forces him to leave his computer game and go out to play. Charlie sets out to do some exploring and soon finds the local stream has turned into a fast flowing river full of savage crocodiles… From then on, Charlie can take nothing for granted as everything around him has changed.
Charlie is only eight years old but his journey takes him 400 years into the past and it requires all his courage and skill to get back to the present. Full of high octane excitement, this is a fabulous adventure series charting the many surprises that Charlie has to deal with as he tries to return from his first unplanned and unpredictable journey. Imaginations will run riot with every single one of these titles.
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