Life of Riley: Beginner's Luck

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award A hilarious middle-grade novel about one boy's quest to get ridof a ridiculous amount of bad luck!After a traumatic run-in with the fortune tellerfrom a visiting funfair – thanks to an unfortunately-timedsneeze – Riley finds himself CURSED.Life as he knows it quickly becomes a catalogue of disasters– from accidentally supergluing himselfto his classmates and ruining theschool football team’s sponsorship deal, to floodinghis house and losing class 4’spet rabbit – Riley knows the bad luck is out to get him.Enter new kid: Brad Chicago. He’s super-cool, well-groomedand stylish, with an excellent stationery collection. And forsome reason he wants to be Riley’s friend. Can Rileyget rid of the curse before Brad discovers he’sa walking disaster? Laugh-out-loud funny, warm-hearted and anarchic in a way thatreaders will love.Brought to life with Aleksei Bitskoff's lively, humorous illustrations.Perfect for fans of Kid Normal, David Solomons' MyBrother is a Superhero and David Baddiel.Award-winning author Simon James Green is best known for hisfunny books for teens. This is his first book for middle-grade readers.