As 11 year old Eliot says on the back cover ‘Just the right amount of craziness. One of the funniest books I’ve ever read.’
When Michael’s five cousins move in next door, his parents are horrified – Michael thinks it’s wonderful. His parents make him go to bed at 9pm, eat a strict diet and coddle him as their only child. At the West’s household he gets to stay up as long as he likes, eat anything, have scandelous fun and be treated as any other in the household. He manages to convince his parents to go away so he can go on wild jaunts with the West family, and Michael cannot get enough of it. He goes rafting, camping, to the school fair, Pong Castle, over the wonky fence, puts up with the grumpy guest, survives the haunted fridge, and the wedding, goes fishing and has wickedly fun hullabaloo time with them.
A laugh-out-loud book for 8-12 years olds. This series has been published before as single books but now all ten stories are in one volume. Joy Cowley’s characters are original and funny. It’s a book about families and how they’re all different. Plus it is a young boy’s adventures and making fun out of nothing much. Highly recommended for home and school libraries. An excellent book for Primary Middle, Senior and Intermediate teachers to read aloud to their class.
Joy Cowley’s books are loved by children all around the world. She has been awarded the OBE for her services to children’s wrting, and the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement.
Trevor Pye lives in Tauranga and he is an award-winning illustrator whose work has featured in more than 200 children’s books.
