Toad Attack!
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Toad Attack!
By (Author) Patrice Lawrence
Illustrated by Becka Moor
HarperCollins Publishers
Barrington Stoke Ltd
6th May 2019
5th March 2019
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
823.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
80
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 5mm
140g
Description
After a toad lands on his head as he leaves his house one morning, Leo is determined to find out where it has come from and why. Together with his friend Rosa, he needs to come up with some answers before the angry residents of Upper Dab take matters into their own hands and the toads become toast!
Reviews
"Brilliantly funny and effortlessly diverse" -- Jo Clarke
"Leo and Rosa feel like old friends even by chapter two ... A fun, original adventure that will keep everyone hoppy" -- LoveReading4Kids
"This amusing tale positively portrays a range of ethnicities, family set-ups and disability" -- BookTrust
"What a delight this story is Another must have for primary school classrooms and libraries" -- A Library Lady
Author Bio
PATRICE LAWRENCE was born in Brighton and brought up in an Italian-Trinidadian household in Sussex. Her first novel, Orangeboy, won the Waterstones Book Prize for Older Children, the YA Book Prize, was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award, and nominated for the Carnegie medal. Her second YA novel, Indigo Donut has received rave reviews and was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018.
