Cruise Ship Kid: Kidnap at Sea!

Emma Swan is a writer, actor, award-winning comedian and West-End star of Horrible Histories. Originally from Rotherham, she also has a slightly unhealthy Yorkshire tea addiction! Her theatre work has been performed at the Arcola, the Soho Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East. She is also a lyricist and won Best Newcomer at the Musical Comedy Awards.In the West End, she has performed at the Garrick, Apollo and Barbican theatres and her other acting credits include the RSC and Doctor Who. Emma also narrates many audiobooks and has a very professional studio in her flat that may or may not be made out of sofa cushions and a duvet.Emma's bestselling debut children's book, Cruise Ship Kid: Thief at Sea!, based on her childhood growing up on cruise ships, was a Waterstones Children's Book of the Month and won both the Newcomer and the Readers' Choice at the Books are My Bag Readers Awards in 2025.

• Chapters in this book include:- My new home- The best presentation a towel rabbit has ever seen- The magic door- Kindness Kay- Bottle-top turtle- Influencer- Party at 8 A.M.- Red bulb blue leather- Trampoline nets- The promise- My silver suit- My master plan fails- Silly gets serious- The envelope- The clotted cream cit- The note- Never underestimate old people in neon leotards- Walkie-talkie- The announcement- Delizioso- Danielle the dancer- Fields- That's not afternoon tea- Pockety trousers- Kind or not kind- Mrs Dances-A-Lot- Underwater?- Don't tell- Message from Mo in the mess with Mum- New suspect- Matching poodles- Backstage break-in- A hole in...lots- Our last chance- Lies and puppy wee- Hide!- The lobster, the spaceman and the lights- A confession- The right answer- We have lift off- No filter- Sometimes you have to pee upside down- A surprise

Riotous diary-format mystery.