Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ A school story in which strange and often hilarious things happen. Lon is sent away to his father’s old boarding school with a view to stop him being quite such a monster. Dr Ffelix Ffurter’s School for Young Monsters has had great experience of changing boys like Lon around…But how will Lon like it? This topsy- turvy school story will make ordinary school days seem very dull!
Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+
It's Lon's first day at his new school - the Dr Ffelix Ffurter School for Young Monsters, where boys whose parents think of them as little monsters are taught to become real monsters! Terrifying things stalk the corridors - and that's just the teachers. But is Lon bad enough to be at the school? He'll have to be on his worst behaviour to survive this place...
Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+
Likes: The idea of doing nothing at all. If only I had time.
Dislikes: There isn't enough room on the page for me to write them all down!
3 Words that best describe me: Dashing, daring, strong (sadly, three lies).
A secret that not many people know: I am a young wizard in disguise.
Michael Lawrence is the talented and fascinating author of books for children and young adults. Born and raised in England, his young adult trilogy, Withern Rise, features his childhood home. He also has a series for younger children about the odd character of Jiggy McCue and his misadventures.
