Head Kid

By Author / Illustrator

David Baddiel, Steven Lenton

Genre

Adventure

Age range(s)

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

ISBN

9780008200527

Format

Hardback

Published

06-09-2018

Synopsis

From the million-copy bestselling author of THE PARENT AGENCY and BIRTHDAY BOY comes a wildly entertaining wish-fulfilment adventure that asks the question: what would happen if the strictest head teacher swapped bodies with the naughtiest kid in school?

Strictest head naughtiest boy = chaos.

Bracket Wood is about to be visited by the school inspectors. But there's one big problem: Ryan Ward.

The maestro of practical jokes, Ryan has played so many tricks that in the end the Head Teacher just walks out. And then the new Head Teacher, Mr Carter, arrives. A man so strict even the teachers are scared of him. So imagine his surprise - and Ryan's - when they swap bodies.

Now Ryan is Head Teacher - and his mortal enemy is one of his pupils. It's every naughty kid's dream!

But soon Bracket Wood School is in a total mess - and only its worst ever pupil can fix it...

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Reviews

Head Kid tells the story of cheeky prankster, Ryan Ward, and his best bud, Dionna Baxter. Ryan's headteacher has just about lost it with the school, so he leaves a new headteacher to attempt to control the hyperactive children. Unfortunately for many of the mischievous school pupils (AKA Ryan and Dionna), the new head made it extremely clear that absolutely no behaviour under the standard of impeccable will be tolerated, and if somebody even thought about making a silly noise, then further consequences would occur. Well, that threat didn't take long for someone to break. Ryan Ward. After being sent to the infuriated head teacher's office, Ryan decided to carry on making jokes and messing about. But that was his biggest mistake yet! That was when all the trouble began! I really enjoyed this book, as a continuous ripple of humour travelled through the story, as well as interesting sections and laugh out loud phrases. I would rate Head Kid five stars, and recommend it to any interested child.