Description
Hilarious, terrifying and ultimately heart-warming - the tale of a few ordinary kids doing work experience all over the city on the day of the launch of new global brand.
About the Author
Andy Mulligan was born and brought up in London. He worked as a theatre director for ten years before travels in Asia prompted him to retrain as a teacher. He has taught English and Drama in India, Brazil, Vietnam, the Philippines and the UK. He now lives in England, and is writing full time. His first novel, Ribblestrop, was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize; his second, Return to Ribblestrop, won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Trash was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and has been published in twenty-eight languages. It is now a major motion picture.
Reviews
Simply brilliant. Narrated by a group of kids sent on work experience, it is a thrilling, funny, wholly original adventure about a popular fizzy drink being deadly. Mulligan is a radical, readable, risk-taking writer with a message we need to hear * New Statesman *
Awards
Short-listed for Sheffield Children's Book Award 2016 (UK).
Book Information
ISBN 9781910200209
Author Andy Mulligan
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint David Fickling Books
Publisher David Fickling Books
Weight(grams) 369g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 28mm