Birthday Boy

图书信息

作者	David Baddiel
出版社	HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN	9780008200497
出版时间	2017-09-07
字数	18.9万
分类	进口书,外文原版书,小说

读书简介

A hilarious rollercoaster ride of pure entertainment for 9+ readers everywhere, Birthday Boy is the new Baddiel Blockbuster: featuring David’s inimitable and award-winning combination of wish-fulfilment, heart and hilarity, all brought to life by regular collaborator Jim Field’s witty, stylish illustrations. What if it was every day? This is the story of Sam Green, who really, really, really loves birthdays. He loves the special breakfasts in bed. The presents. The themed parties. Blowing out the candles on his cake. Everything. He is so excited about his 11th birthday, in fact, that he wishes it was his birthday every day. So, at first, it’s quite exciting when his birthday happens again the next morning. And again. And again. And again… But it’s not long before things start to go wrong. Soon, disaster strikes, threatening something Sam loves even more than birthdays. Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for…

目录

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Part 1: For he’s a jolly good fellow …

Chapter 1: Birthday Boy

Chapter 2: Um …

Chapter 3: The Star-Watcher Explorer

Chapter 4: 11.59PM

Chapter 5: When you wish upon a star

Chapter 6: Birthday Two

Chapter 7: Everyday magical

Chapter 8: New kid

Chapter 9: This could get complicated

Chapter 10: The whole school

Chapter 11: Hodgepodge

Chapter 12: A packet of Werther’s Originals, some shoelaces and a jar of Duraglit

Chapter 13: It always just points straight back at me

Chapter 14: Can’t make out what you’re saying there at all

Part 2: For he’s a jolly good fellow …

Part 3: For he’s a jolly—oh.

Chapter 15: Too much

Chapter 16: You’ll what?

Chapter 17: Feeling a bit low

Chapter 18: Sir Guinea Pig and the Green Knight

Chapter 19: Nobody knows

Chapter 20: Never mind

Chapter 21: Especially on your birthday

Chapter 22: A weird wish

Chapter 23: That island in the middle of the river

Chapter 24: With great poo-er

Chapter 25: The rozzers

Chapter 26: It’s a deal

Chapter 27: Don’t look now

Chapter 28: Like a superhero

Chapter 29: Skateboat

Part 4: And so say all of us

Chapter 30: Over the waves of a concrete sea

Chapter 31: Brick. Wall.

Chapter 32: A feeling

Chapter 33: The one thing you definitely need on a dangerous secret mission

Chapter 34: Altogether a strange sight

Chapter 35: Keep it zipped

Chapter 36: How much of an idiot is he?

Chapter 37: Schropplingythingy

Chapter 38: Bon voyage

Chapter 39: Let’s go

Chapter 40: Extremely dark and muddy

Chapter 41: Midnight feast

Chapter 42: Born to be wild

Chapter 43: Some sort of rhythm

Chapter 44: Moonlight motorcade

Chapter 45: Crunch

Chapter 46: Flick. Flick. Flick. Shine. Shine. Shine. Flick. Flick. Flick.

Chapter 47: I’m a guinea pig, for crying out loud

Chapter 48: Stronger than the north pole

Chapter 49: Hello? HQ?

Chapter 50: What aliens?

Chapter 51: Very loud, and thudding

Chapter 52: A human shape

Chapter 53: Don’t swear in front of my children

Chapter 54: A camping trip

Chapter 55: Wobbly and windy and swaying and frightening

Chapter 56: Just hold on

Chapter 57: Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One …

Chapter 58: Nothing

Chapter 59: Birthday Two (The real one)

Chapter 60: Case successfully closed

Chapter 61: He’s always going to be here

Chapter 62: Once a week, at night

Chapter 63: Dash Dash Dash. Dot Dot Dot. Dash Dash Dash.

Coda

Acknowledgements

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