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How to Get Famous

Pete Johnson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:5th Jun '08

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A hilarious take on the cult of celebrity from the author of the bestselling How to Train Your Parents

Tobey is determined he will be famous. He even hangs around with the stars, getting autographs at film premieres.

Tobey and his friend Georgia audition for a role in the local play - and to his huge disappointment, Georgia gets a part, but he doesn't.

Tobey is determined he will be famous. He's not big-headed, he just knows he's got something special and he's determined that everyone will know it! He even hangs around with the stars, getting autographs at film premieres.

Tobey and his friend Georgia audition for a role in the local play - and to his huge disappointment, Georgia gets a part, but he doesn't. Can he turn this tragedy around and find a way to be famous after all?

Pete Johnson is a hilarious writer * Mail on Sunday *
This is a thoroughly good-hearted and entertaining book, with lots of humour and witty dialogue . . . Fun and funny - a throughly enjoyable read * The School Librarian *
Pete Johnson is one of our best contemporary children's humourists * TES *
At heart, it celebrates the good and you can't help feeling enormous affection for Tobey * teachit.co.uk *

ISBN: 9780440868170

Dimensions: 194mm x 130mm x 13mm

Weight: 147g

208 pages