Book description
'Zack's not scared of anything. But everyone's scared of him.'
Rose wishes Zack wasn't such a big bully. He's always teasing her at
school. Luckily for Rose, her Uncle Vinnie has a wizard trick or two
up his sleeve - maybe he can conjure up a magic solution to her problem?
Soon, with a little help from Uncle Vinnie and the classroom pet
rat, Rose is ready to teach Zack a lesson he'll never forget . . .
A comical and thought-provoking story by an award-winning author.
Illustrated by Sue Heap, winner of the Smarties Prize Gold Award.
Jenny Nimmo has always loved reading and writing. She read all the
books in the junior school library and had to beg permission to join
the senior school library when she was only nine. Before becoming a
full-time writer she was an actress, a stage manager and a floor
manager for the BBC.
She nows lives in a remote part of Wales and is probably best known
for the Award winning Snow Spider Trilogy, stories that combine Welsh
myth, the supernatural and family conflict. These stories have been
made into an HTV series starring Sian Phillips.
She says she enjoys writing about magic because it is inexplicable
and unpredictable, and anything can happen. She is currently working
on a series of books called the Children of the Red King. The first of
these 'Midnight for Charlie Bone' was published in 2002 and the latest
installment, the fifth in the series is called 'Charlie Bone and the
Hidden King' and was published in May 2006.
