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Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz is a prolific writer for film, TV and the
theatre, as well as of children's books. He always wanted to be a
writer and, on his eighth birthday, asked for a typewriter, pens
and paper.
One of the things that made him want to be a writer
was going to a really horrible school, where he was so unhappy that
the only escape was through reading and writing. Anthony's horrible
school and his unhappy childhood feature in many of his books:
Groosham Grange is like his old school; he was a bit like Tad
Spencer; and the mean old granny in Granny is not all that
different from his own granny who he once described as 'a real old
crow'!
He has always enjoyed watching television. He loves
writing scripts for Agatha Christie's Poirot detective series and
other TV series such as Murder Most Horrid and Crime
Traveller.
Whoever he is writing for, Anthony always tells
exciting stories which are full of action and very
funny.
Stormbreaker
When Alex Rider's guardian dies unexpectedly, his world is turned upside down. Recruited into M16 he goes instantly from schoolboy to super-spy undergoing gruelling SAS training before being sent off on a mysterious and dangerous mission. (9+)
Published by Walker Books Ltd
The Switch
Tad Spencer is fabulously wealthy. He should be living a wonderful life. But Tad longs to be someone else. One day he makes a wish and suddenly Tad IS someone else: he wakes up as Bob Snarby. His lovely life has gone. Instead he lives in a squalid world of crime and cruelty - and great danger. (9+)
Published by Walker Books Ltd
Granny
Joe lives a life of splendour in his family mansion but someone has got it in for him. Joe is sure that it's his granny. Can he foil her plans before it's too late? (9+)
Published by Walker Books Ltd
Groosham Grange
Full of weird happenings and very odd teachers, Groosham Grange is a very strange school indeed. When David is expelled from his previous school, Groosham Grange suddenly - and in a surprising way - offers him a place. Everything is as bad as it can possibly be and David knows that he must escape. But can he get out alive? (9+)
Published by Walker Books Ltd
The Devil and His Boy
A thrilling Elizabethan adventure. Tom Falconer is heading for a new life in London when the murderous Ratsy ambushes him. Tom escapes and secretly makes his way to London, where he gets involved in the first night of a new play and discovers that the future of England lies in his hands! (9+)
Published by Walker Books Ltd
Point Blanc
The second adventure of super-spy Alex Rider. This time he's on a perilous mission in the French Alps where Dr Grief, an evil megalomaniac, is setting up a sinister project in which he is trying to take over the world by cloning himself. (9+)
Published by Walker Books Ltd
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