I Swapped My Brother On The Internet

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I can get a new brother On the internet Jonny muttered. Oh sweet mangoes of heaven! Everyone has dreamed of being able to get rid of their brother or sister at one time or another but for Jonny, the dream is about to become a reality with SiblingSwap.com! What could be better than someone awesome to replace Ted, Jonny's obnoxious older brother. But finding the perfect brother isn't easy, as Jonny discovers when Sibling Swap sends him a line of increasingly bizarre replacements: first a merboy, then a brother raised by meerkats, and then the ghost of Henry the Eighth! What's coming next! Suddenly old Ted isn't looking so bad. But can Jonny ever get him back A hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart, My Brother is a Superhero and David Baddiel's The Parent Agency.

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Simmons is a lively writer who knows how to crank up the fun * Young Post *
Who hasnt wanted to swap out an obnoxious sibling Still, when Jonny gets sent a series of weird replacements, including a merboy, a boy raised by meerkates and the ghost of Henry VIII, his older brother Ted doesnt look so bad after all Laugh-aloud fun * Metro *

Author Bio

Jo Simmons began her working life as a journalist. Her first fiction series for children, Pip Street, was inspired by her own kids love of funny fiction, and two Super Loud Sam books followed. In addition to childrens fiction, she co-wrote a humorous parenting book, Can I Give Them Back Now: The Aargh To Zzzzzz Of Parenting, published by Square Peg. Jo lives in Brighton with her husband, two boys and a scruffy formerly Romanian street dog. I Swapped My Brother on the Internet is her first book for Bloomsbury. Nathan Reed has been a professional illustrator since graduating from Falmouth College of Arts in 2000. He has illustrated Christopher Edge's How to Write Your Best Story Ever and the Elen Caldecott's Marsh Road Mysteries Series. His most recent picture book is Samson the Mighty Flea by Angela McAllister. He was shortlisted for the Serco Prize for Illustration in 2014. When hes not illustrating he can be found with his two boys and a football on Peckham Rye Common.