Frankie Best Hates Quests

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Frankie did have big plans to watch YouTube and eat pot noodles that weekend but it looks like she'll just have to go on an epic mega-dangerous quest instead . . . And he's definitely not expecting to be thrown in the deep end on the agency's toughest and most dangerous job yet - the mysterious case of the vanishing jester . . . So this unexpectedly has a lot of elements that I love - it’s a portal fantasy (my favourite type of book) & it has a narrator. Wasn’t expecting it, but I loved it!

When Mutt gets a job as an apprentice at the leading detective agency in the realm of Rillia, he's not expecting to work with ex-princesses, snow gnoblins and the most notorious assassin of the White Hand Clan. Applicability of cancellation rights: Legal rights of cancellation under the Distance Selling Regulations available for UK or EU consumers do not apply to certain products and services.

The sale of customised goods or perishable goods, sealed audio or video recordings, or software, which has been opened. But it's not just a dream - it's real and Maya and her new friends the Dream Bandits must rescue the Professor before it's too late! All they need is a bit of courage and a LOT of imagination. From the incredible imagination of Chris Smith - bestselling author and now a major new solo talent - comes a hilarious adventure for fans of Cressida Cowell, Robin Stevens and Disney Pixar. From the incredible imagination of bestselling author Chris Smith comes a hilarious fantasy adventure for 8-12 readers. Cressida Cowell meets Robin Stevens with a dash of Pixar gold.

I read this every evening to my 9 year old son and he loved it, Frankie's mum and dad create games and needed to go off and do some research in the next area they were doing a game about.I read this every evening to my 9 years old son and he loved it, Frankie's mum and dad create games and needed to go off and do some research in the next area they were doing a game about which meant that Frankie and Joel her brother would have to stay with their grandfather. Frankie Best Hates Quests: the accidental adventure of a lifetime Author: Chris Smith Illustrator: Kenneth Anderson

A laugh-out-loud funny and exciting adventure!' Cressida Cowell on Frankie Best Hates Quests. Read more Look Inside Details That said, the physical copy has illustrations (by Kenneth Anderson), which are gorgeous! The cover art is also really pretty. I couldn’t find the name of the cover artist but I think it might have also been Kenneth Anderson, going off the similarity to the internal illustrations. The session saw the Radio 1 news presenter and author talk about his book, which is the first in a series about a girl who hates fantasy stories, and chat with the pupils about the book and what they like about fantasy stories.He said: "I've teamed up with Authors Aloud, which is an amazing organisation that gets authors into schools and talks to the children to try and get them inspired about reading and about writing their own stories. Do you like superheroes? Do you like pandas? Do you like really brilliant adventures? Then this is the book for you! Goods that by reason of their nature, cannot be returned - (Items such as underwear, where the 'hygiene patch' has been removed, or cosmetics where the seal has been broken). Grandad - likes gardening down the allotment and cups of tea. Oh, and is also the custodian of a secret fantasy realm called Parallelia.

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