Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor

Adam Kay author Henry Paker illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:12th Sep '24

Should be back in stock very soon

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Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor cover

It was clear from an early age that Dexter Procter was different.

He started speaking at four seconds old. By the age of three, he had 87 A-levels, from Afrikaans to Zoology.

And by ten, he was working as a paediatrician at Lilydale General Hospital.

Despite a loving but annoying family and a couple of good friends (Rupi and Otto), Dexter’s always struggled to fit in. Add to this a mortal enemy (Dr Drake) and a major problem at his old school (all the teachers struck down with awful diarrhoea) – will Dexter be able to save his job, save the school and find his place in the world? (Spoiler alert: yes!)

A laugh-out-loud new fiction series about the world's youngest doctor from the record-breaking Adam Kay and Henry Paker.

'Original, very funny, ultra-informative - and children will love all the disgusting parts.’ Jacqueline Wilson

'If laughter truly is the best medicine, book this hilarious appointment with Dr Procter immediately.' David Baddiel


Adam Kay, Sunday Times bestseller, November 2023

'Brilliant! Full of big laughs and kindness' -- Frank Cottrell Boyce, Children's Laureate
'Hilarious, disgusting, then hilarious again!' -- Danny Wallace, author of The Day the Screens Went Blank
'I love this book - so funny and such an original idea.' -- Francesca Simon, author of Horrid Henry
'I laughed my head off, but luckily Dexter stitched it back on again. What a genius!' -- Charlie Higson, author of the Young Bond series
'Pant-endangeringly funny' -- Maz Evans, author of Who Let the Gods Out?
'I LOVED Dexter - fiercely funny and informative' -- Louie Stowell, author of Loki
'Prepare to have your funny bone tickled. This is going to make you laugh until you hurt.' -- David Solomons, author of My Brother Is a Superhero
'Just what the doctor ordered - laughter, and lots of it!' -- Jen Carney, author of The Accidental Diary of B.U.G.
'Outrageously funny... Kay and Paker are on their best form in this laughter-fuelled romp which blends riotous humour with fascinating facts.' -- Press Association
'Hilarious' -- The Guardian
'Very funny indeed' -- Fun Kids Radio
'Brilliant' -- Amanda Holden * Heart Breakfast *
‘Outrageously funny... Kay and Paker are on their best form in this laughter-fulled romp which blends riotous humour with fascinating facts.’ -- Lancashire Evening Post

ISBN: 9780241668597

Dimensions: 239mm x 158mm x 36mm

Weight: 661g

432 pages