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- Franklin Watts
- Franklin Watts
EDGE: I HERO: Megahero: The Terrible Tricks of Miss Take
Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore, Pipi Sposito
For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Interest age: from c 7 years, For reluctant readers (children), Short stories (Children's / Teenage)
Take on the role of a shape-shifting MEGAHERO in this fully interactive, wacky, choose-your-own-destiny adventure story.
You and your mega-computer sidekick, PAL, must save the world from Miss Take - a school-aged criminal genius who has earned the title 'World's Greatest Thief'. The evil young genius has her sticky fingers and eagle eyes aimed at a newly discovered unicorn - can you possibly morph into the right shapes to save the magical creature?
Written by the award-winning duo Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore (AKA the 2STEVES) and illustrated by the hilarious Pipi Sposito. Reading age from 7 to 9 years old. Interest range from 7 to 12 years old - suitable for reluctant readers and less confident older readers. Printed using a font approved by the British Dyslexia Association on off-white paper.
Read and laugh along with the whole series!
October 2020
I HERO: MegaHero: Sushi Man - 9781445169477
I HERO: MegaHero: Professor Weird - 9781445170039
November 2020
I HERO: MegaHero: DinaSaw - 9781445170084
I HERO: MegaHero: Miss Take - 9781445170091
December 2020
I HERO: MegaHero: MegaBite - 9781445170121
I HERO: MegaHero: Queen of Hearts - 9781445170152
Steve Barlow
As 50% of the Two Steves, Steve Barlow has written over 160 books with Steve Skidmore since their first published work appeared in 1988. Born in Crewe, he was educated at Crewe Grammar School, Warwick University and Nottingham University before a varied career in teaching, acting, stage management and puppetry. He worked in a village school in Botswana for four years before returning to the UK and working with Steve Skidmore. The Two Steves tour extensively in the UK and overseas, and are frequent visitors to book festivals including Edinburgh and Hay. Their work for Hachette includes the highly popular I Hero and Crime Team choose-your-adventure books, and their I Horror series is raising the short hairs at the back of readers' necks with Orchard Books.
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