BOOK OF THE WEEK – SMALL CHANGE FOR STUART

For a much needed change, this week’s book of the week is light-hearted and funny – the author, Lissa Edwards used to be a stand-up comedian and is now is a comedy producer for television.

Small Change for Stuart was short-listed for the Costa Children’s Book Award.

Stuart Horton – ten years old and small for his age – moves to the dreary town of Beeton, far away from all his friends. And then he meets his new next-door neighbours, the unbearable Kingley triplets, and things get even worse.

But in Beeton begins the strangest adventure of Stuart’s life.

He is swept up in a quest to find his great-uncle’s lost workshop – a workshop stuffed with trickery and magic. There are clues to follow and puzzles to solve, but what starts as fun ends up as danger, and Stuart begins to realize that he can’t finish the task by himself…