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Jason Banks and the Pumpkin of Doom

Paperback

A charming and witty tale of bullies, pumpkins and unlikely friendships from award-winning author Gillian Cross.

Jason Banks is a bully. No one likes him and even the teachers are scared of him! It's time that someone taught Jason a lesson and he might just have met his match in the strange pumpkin that keeps appearing on his doorstep. Will Jason ever learn the error of his ways? And can he crack the case of the dreaded Pumpkin of Doom?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.

RRP: £7.99

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-78112-813-8

Interest age

7+

Reading age

8

Publication Date

08-06-2018

Format

Paperback

Pages

64 pages

Dimensions

130x198mm

Product Description

A charming and witty tale of bullies, pumpkins and unlikely friendships from award-winning author Gillian Cross.

Jason Banks is a bully. No one likes him and even the teachers are scared of him! It's time that someone taught Jason a lesson and he might just have met his match in the strange pumpkin that keeps appearing on his doorstep. Will Jason ever learn the error of his ways? And can he crack the case of the dreaded Pumpkin of Doom?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.

Author

Gillian Cross, Illustrated by Sarah Horne

Gillian Cross is perhaps best known for her Demon Headmaster series and its BBC adaptation. She has won many of the most prestigious awards for children’s fiction, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children’s Book Award and the Smarties Prize. She lives near Coventry with her husband.||Sarah Horne grew up in Derbyshire and spent her childhood scampering in fields and playing with goats. She studied illustration at Falmouth College of Arts and now lives in London, where she enjoys creating funky, inky illustrations for children’s books.

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-78112-813-8

Reading age

8

Interest age

7+

Publication Date

08-06-2018

Format

Paperback

Pages

64 pages

Dimensions

130x198mm

Product Description

A charming and witty tale of bullies, pumpkins and unlikely friendships from award-winning author Gillian Cross.

Jason Banks is a bully. No one likes him and even the teachers are scared of him! It's time that someone taught Jason a lesson and he might just have met his match in the strange pumpkin that keeps appearing on his doorstep. Will Jason ever learn the error of his ways? And can he crack the case of the dreaded Pumpkin of Doom?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.

Author

Gillian Cross, Illustrated by Sarah Horne

Gillian Cross is perhaps best known for her Demon Headmaster series and its BBC adaptation. She has won many of the most prestigious awards for children’s fiction, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children’s Book Award and the Smarties Prize. She lives near Coventry with her husband.||Sarah Horne grew up in Derbyshire and spent her childhood scampering in fields and playing with goats. She studied illustration at Falmouth College of Arts and now lives in London, where she enjoys creating funky, inky illustrations for children’s books.