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Birthday Boy
David Baddiel
Jim Field
A hilarious rollercoaster ride of pure entertainment for 9+ readers everywhere, Birthday Boy is the new Baddiel Blockbuster: featuring David’s inimitable and award-winning combination of wish-fulfilment, heart and hilarity, all brought to life by regular collaborator Jim Field’s witty, stylish illustrations.What if it was every day?This is the story of Sam Green, who really, really, really loves birthdays. He loves the special breakfasts in bed. The presents. The themed parties. Blowing out the candles on his cake. Everything.He is so excited about his 11th birthday, in fact, that he wishes it was his birthday every day.So, at first, it’s quite exciting when his birthday happens again the next morning. And again. And again. And again…But it’s not long before things start to go wrong. Soon, disaster strikes, threatening something Sam loves even more than birthdays.Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for…
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HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2017
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Text copyright © David Baddiel 2017
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Source ISBN: 9780008200473
Ebook Edition © 2017 ISBN: 9780008200497
Version: 2018-09-18
To Grandpa Colin
Contents
Cover (#u4fcb2b4e-c90a-5e2b-ad04-9193c8575ebc)
Title Page (#u2af40492-899a-531c-9013-6f4f83542aec)
Copyright (#ue0269eb2-0fc9-5529-8e45-e9ceb4ea3106)
Dedication (#u2c33f41e-e5f1-5eb5-858c-db2bce7496eb)
Part 1: For he’s a jolly good fellow … (#u26389b6f-e737-5736-a45b-03504f7445be)
Chapter 1: Birthday Boy (#u251ee627-33d9-59c3-8c78-58dcc2e423c5)
Chapter 2: Um … (#ub76c4a62-02b6-565b-98f5-780c2fb8f289)
Chapter 3: The Star-Watcher Explorer (#u7ef83e3f-34a7-51a7-a3da-65b976ca284b)
Chapter 4: 11.59PM (#uc603c28b-cd6c-515f-807c-8b86c1935950)
Chapter 5: When you wish upon a star (#uafee117e-cdeb-5e27-8f5f-afec00ef969a)
Chapter 6: Birthday Two (#u9fe61428-9668-5859-ac63-f7519a7fab7a)
Chapter 7: Everyday magical (#udd8aeef9-6345-5a78-b6b2-d0242b74c3b4)
Chapter 8: New kid (#u66ab4d2c-8e7d-547e-b87a-02b08471550f)
Chapter 9: This could get complicated (#u0d5e7b10-6c76-58c3-bef4-367382e84f5d)
Chapter 10: The whole school (#uc6138e90-44dd-5683-93d0-9a5a4572c3d0)
Chapter 11: Hodgepodge (#u668cc3fc-dcd5-57d3-ae01-31f4296c9043)
Chapter 12: A packet of Werther’s Originals, some shoelaces and a jar of Duraglit (#u366c1f42-b8eb-5d63-bfcc-26f73e4e9131)
Chapter 13: It always just points straight back at me (#u53ae7e02-7e29-5369-90d8-540c532fcfc6)
Chapter 14: Can’t make out what you’re saying there at all (#u4dda8882-68d7-526c-8460-2b47dba74c54)
Part 2: For he’s a jolly good fellow … (#ubd5fa852-dfa0-53ec-a2ed-3c6db40cbc89)
Part 3: For he’s a jolly—oh. (#u587bf06d-9f1a-5c6d-841d-8620acf133a3)
Chapter 15: Too much (#u21a69a7f-c27e-5874-8a6c-344ac2bcb24b)
Chapter 16: You’ll what? (#ub8217f59-a25f-507c-946f-cdd64bd41134)
Chapter 17: Feeling a bit low (#uc2bc92b8-6ad1-5487-91ff-3cec35b1316d)
Chapter 18: Sir Guinea Pig and the Green Knight (#u9a20b6bf-d46f-58fe-b01e-5bd4c191ab22)
Chapter 19: Nobody knows (#ue434a562-188b-5c91-8313-ba622a3923ad)
Chapter 20: Never mind (#u2e2703bf-9e36-51f7-8274-4be8ce5eccf9)
Chapter 21: Especially on your birthday (#ud6c7fdce-4988-56ad-b2f1-96e265e74898)
Chapter 22: A weird wish (#u067b83a2-ef7e-53db-a1d2-af7a9829af5b)
Chapter 23: That island in the middle of the river (#ufe995f36-4442-55cc-b605-d9a7c0a6c2e7)
Chapter 24: With great poo-er (#uffb27421-5b0d-58b1-8460-2bb178dba8ac)
Chapter 25: The rozzers (#u890c55b4-17df-5684-9e7a-5740f32803e1)
Chapter 26: It’s a deal (#ua9252e33-eb3c-5e54-a530-469ffbc32f66)
Chapter 27: Don’t look now (#u86905f5b-08f9-5808-8a0e-9149a00224c0)
Chapter 28: Like a superhero (#u3c73e4fb-efa0-5595-87fc-060855c5c126)
Chapter 29: Skateboat (#uff3cd889-fd3f-5715-be3d-d1f042d84630)
Part 4: And so say all of us (#u576893a9-5180-5f60-b126-3b0e342c9881)
Chapter 30: Over the waves of a concrete sea (#u6e39ec80-1e15-543a-88cd-f396e10a5fb5)
Chapter 31: Brick. Wall. (#u0df03604-2774-5603-a63b-8de8e2939ed3)
Chapter 32: A feeling (#ud4386e77-f1ad-5aff-a34a-8a17d73ff082)
Chapter 33: The one thing you definitely need on a dangerous secret mission (#ue1829f99-cedd-524b-a620-9b6c3d0fd5e4)
Chapter 34: Altogether a strange sight (#u822a70d8-1263-5da7-b4d3-de3fa225d38a)
Chapter 35: Keep it zipped (#u7bdc589d-c393-514f-9238-ceb390ef9da6)
Chapter 36: How much of an idiot is he? (#u494d476a-37b6-50ad-9e1a-b75d8808c45f)
Chapter 37: Schropplingythingy (#u7993be2b-491a-5752-a3f6-474f80de0bb2)
Chapter 38: Bon voyage (#u38e1069c-a03b-51ae-aae7-ac3ff77ef3c9)
Chapter 39: Let’s go (#u5c62a67a-cece-5e9c-8a83-e1aa7c7f1e25)
Chapter 40: Extremely dark and muddy (#u6e999a2a-4dfb-520e-9d51-8ecf08e2f985)
Chapter 41: Midnight feast (#u20140045-9862-5464-a1bd-151f08e7351e)
Chapter 42: Born to be wild (#ub73d26ed-4a11-52f9-bc61-f6100852d860)
Chapter 43: Some sort of rhythm (#u4976b7ea-9c42-51b1-b8c3-52c11ee9acf1)
Chapter 44: Moonlight motorcade (#uea8dbd20-b4bd-5232-91a1-989a351092ef)
Chapter 45: Crunch (#ub917cdb9-5c1a-5fca-9982-87606af17d2e)
Chapter 46: Flick. Flick. Flick. Shine. Shine. Shine. Flick. Flick. Flick. (#ufb9a0397-e9b2-5a82-a5ce-a94e6e4de356)
Chapter 47: I’m a guinea pig, for crying out loud (#u625bdafb-e07d-5725-b7aa-b81d98c251f9)
Chapter 48: Stronger than the north pole (#u764b65f9-0b2e-502c-90ee-8a9747f3ef1e)
Chapter 49: Hello? HQ? (#ue2212cc5-fa4c-5d1c-a5c2-a20c1b04976a)
Chapter 50: What aliens? (#uf6277593-e8b1-55c7-bbaf-adffabc3b5fe)
Chapter 51: Very loud, and thudding (#u1a52baf1-80bd-570f-b56d-611e68036cf6)
Chapter 52: A human shape (#u9979e9a4-5a3a-5b3e-b530-9b08e9b8d3db)
Chapter 53: Don’t swear in front of my children (#ub75ac654-b949-53b7-b1b4-a27a87e8a8c1)
Chapter 54: A camping trip (#uc149db27-040a-5747-9909-43b5436d86c6)
Chapter 55: Wobbly and windy and swaying and frightening (#ue78eb58a-23a4-54b9-88b1-f9927077c438)
Chapter 56: Just hold on (#u6cde2588-2749-5463-88dc-19d9c170e3b2)
Chapter 57: Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One … (#uc574f906-6605-5d3b-a987-f1308df738cd)
Chapter 58: Nothing (#u7b6420a1-3a2d-57bd-afc2-71b86e7b37c6)
Chapter 59: Birthday Two (The real one) (#uf3b0e758-2605-5703-b2dc-a81f1a7dfa37)
Chapter 60: Case successfully closed (#u9526aeb9-3186-57e9-a875-7d50691c012c)
Chapter 61: He’s always going to be here (#u10cdf207-80d1-53e1-8de1-4405a422c473)
Chapter 62: Once a week, at night (#u5cd915f9-d805-559b-a2aa-d27f4f82610b)
Chapter 63: Dash Dash Dash. Dot Dot Dot. Dash Dash Dash. (#uea1bed88-ab34-50af-83dc-a673ea004087)
Coda (#u15c2901a-4d8e-5e4f-b694-c6f31115630b)
Acknowledgements (#ud2b7d683-00bb-551c-acd9-63ab58534cfd)
Keep Reading … (#udffd95f9-c86d-55e8-b8f9-da2af6fe37e0)
Books by David Baddiel (#u6cba2c25-b993-5871-b561-d3b2584a1457)
About the Publisher (#ue842317c-f71b-52c2-8e03-037b48d1b500)
CHAPTER 1 (#ulink_9deb1b4d-038d-5c64-8950-0d89af18c1e0)
