Book description
Bradley Wiggins is a national hero - the first British person to win
the Tour de France - EVER. Read his story from his childhood years right
up to when he crossed the finish line in Paris, 2012. It takes blood,
sweat and tears to get to the top of any sport, and these short,
inspirational biographies show just how tough it can be. Focusing on top
athletes and sport personalities, each dramatic story brings to life the
skill, determination and luck needed to break through into top level
competition. This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE, which
produces a range of books to get children reading with confidence. EDGE
- for books children can't put down. Roy Apps is the author of fifty
children's books, including The Twitches, Time Spinner and the hugely
popular How To Handle series for Scholastic. Most recently he has
written The Fang Gang series for Bloomsbury and the Crime Files series
for Franklin Watts. His novel The Secret Summer of Daniel Lyons won The
Writers' Guild Children's Book Award and was shortlisted for the
Whitbread Awards. It is now a successful musical. Roy writes extensively
for radio, theatre and TV. In 2001 he was awarded a BAFTA for his
children's TV work, which includes Byker Grove, The Ghost Hunter and
Barmy Aunt Boomerang. Roy visits schools, libraries and bookshops to
read from his books and to share the secrets of The Shed in Your Head .
He runs Writing Projects for all ages and over the last few years has
helped young and new writers make books, stage plays, films, performance
poetry and most recently, an opera.
