My Granny's Great Escape
By (Author) Jeremy Strong
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
1st March 2007
4th January 2007
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
96
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 6mm
74g
'Do you think I should ask him out, Nicholas, or is that a bit forward' 'GRANNY!' We all stared at her. Dad had to sit down. Nicholas's granny has fallen in love - with the elderly Hell's Angel next door! Yurrrgghhh. Nicholas's dad isn't happy about it - but Granny won't let him get in the way. She has a few tricks up her sleeve . . . and Granny on a motorbike could be a very dangerous thing . . .
Strong's books are hugely popular with young children with their breezy, daft exuberance Sunday Times His books crackle with good humour and invention TES King of comedy Guardian His books are preposterously entertaining Observer
Jeremy Strong was born and grew up in south-east London. He gratuated in English from York University and spent some time trying to become an overnight success as a writer. In the meantime he worked as a caretaker, a strawberry-picker and in a bakery, putting the jam in doughnuts. He trained as a teacher and went on to become a headteacher in Kent. He has written a great many books for children, including the Karate Princess titles and There's a Viking in My Bed and There's a Pharaoh in Our Bath!