Egghead

Description

When their teacher sets a class experiment to look after an egg for a whole week as though it were a baby, the class is excited but it's going to be a l-o-n-g week. Soon, there are several casualties and the narrator is devastated when, at the end of the week, the school bully smashes his egg all over his head. He is further humiliated when footage of the incident turns up on YouTube! But disaster is soon turned into triumph with an unexpected ending.

Born in New Zealand last century, Clare has tried lots of things in her life, such as manufacturing, nursing, selling, administrating, wife-ing, mothering, nana-ing, teaching, and writing. All of these things involve using lots of words, but writing is the best! Clare has a patient and quiet husband, three grown and noisy children, and is a proud nana. There's the furry family too - two dogs and two cats. They are good at listening, keeping feet warm, and leaving fur around the house. Clare's hobbies include writing (surprise!), reading, the boat, the beach and the bush, writing, and doing things with family, friends and the dogs. And writing! (Did she mention that already?). Her first book for Walker Books was The Great Shave, also part of the Lightning Strikes series.

A short, fast-paced novel, laced with a good dose of humour - an enjoyable read. * KidsBooksNZ *