Book description
What would YOU wish for?
When Milly, Michael, Jason and Jess move to a town in the middle of
nowhere, the last thing they expect to find is a magic book - with its
own talking bookworm called Skribble! The grumpy worm promises that
The Genie Handbook can make them into genies in six easy
steps. Soon they are diving into a world of weirdness and wonder,
trouble and trickery, trying to make each other's wishes come true.
But when the wishes start to go wrong the magic seems scarier. What
is the secret of the mysterious couple watching from the shadows? Why
is Skribble so afraid of them? And if the children's greatest wish of
all is finally granted, will their world change for better or for worse?
Linda Chapman was born in 1969. Before before becoming a full-time
writer in 1999, she had many jobs including being a teacher, stage
manager, book-seller, university researcher and dog trainer. She has
written over seventy books for children including the My Secret
Unicorn, Stardust and Not Quite a Mermaid series. Linda
lives in a village in Leicestershire with her family and two Bernese
Mountain dogs. When she is not writing she spends her time looking
afer her two young daughters, reading, putting on plays and horse riding.
Born in 1971, Steve Cole spent a happy childhood in rural
Bedfordshire being loud and aspiring to amuse. He liked books, and so
went to the University of East Anglia to read more of them. Later on
he started writing them too, with titles ranging from pre-school
poetry to Young Adult thrillers (with more TV and film tie-ins than he
cares to admit to along the way). He is the author of the popular
Astrosaurs and Cows in Action series.
