Unexpected Twist

Unexpected Twist Synopsis

Double the trouble! An original novel by Michael Rosen, told alongside the Dickens classic that inspired it: Oliver Twist.

Shona and her dad are moving house, and at Shona's new school, the rules are pretty confusing; she keeps getting into trouble without realizing! It's a lot like how it is for Oliver Twist, that boy she's reading about in English class.

After Shona is unexpectedly given a mobile phone, she begins to suspect there's something fishy about the new boys she's met. Where did the phone come from?

And some gifts, she soon learns, aren't exactly free...

• Read two stories at once - both illustrated by Tony Ross.
• Great way for kids to access Dickens' classic Oliver Twist
• By much-loved children's author, Michael Rosen!