Dirty Rotten Tricks

Entry 2448 in Sam Pratt's Secret Book of Worries is 'May have to sleep in bus shelter'. He has written this down as his family is in imminent danger of eviction from their house. He is helped in his misfortunes by Hasty Green, whose father's healthy eating cafe is at possible risk of closure from the activities of local villains Bob and Joe Pitt. They are in turn managed by Nigel Swineway, a man shaped like a potato doing a bad impression of a pear - who has of course master-minded the potential bankruptcy of Sam's family. Into this mixture of people throw Webber, a girl who is a technological genius from Sam and Hasty's class at school, Sam's Granny who used to fly jet planes, and a myriad of other colourful characters. The result is a hilarious tale for primary children, that will appeal to anyone who likes books with plenty of knockabout humour and unlikely situations.