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Horrid Henry Wakes the Dead by Francesca Simon

Horrid Henry finds a surefire way of wielding the remote control to ensure he always watches his programme of choice, vies with Moody Margaret to become the head of the school, shows off his prowess as a magician in the school talent show, and battles it out with Perfect Peter over who gets the green dinosaur and who gets the purple one.

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Children aged three to nine years old will love this ... Everybody's favourite bad boy vies with Moody Margaret to be head of the school, fights over dinosaurs with his perfect brother and tries out his magic spells in a talent show. DAILY EXPRESS

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About The Author

Francesca Simon spent her childhood on the beach in California, and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She now lives in London with her family. She has written over 45 books and won The Children's Book of the Year in 2008 at the Galaxy British Book Awards for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman. Francesca is one of the UK's best-selling children's authors and was the 5th most borrowed in 2010.

If you are interested you can click here to read a letter from the author about her character 'Horrid Henry'.

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