About the Author

Jeremy Strong used to be a primary school headteacher before he became a full-time writer. He won the Children's Book Award in 1997 with The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog and is immensely popular with children. He lives in Wiltshire.

Reviews

Few children's writers succeed in combining irresistibly rude jokes, witty repartee, and a robust plot with a genuine and considered emotional core Guardian Hilariously funny, this will have you laughing your socks off Guardian Children's Supplement