LIFE OF RILEY: Beginner’s Luck
Simon James Green’s distinctive brand of mayhem and hilarity - for middle grade readers!
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2021
Featured in BookTrust’s Great Books Guide 2021
Winner - Fantastic Book Awards 2022
“Laugh out loud funny with great illustrations. At times Riley’s antics made me cringe - but in a good way! It’s a happy story with a satisfying ending. Enjoy!”
Shortlisted for the Stockport Book Award 2021
Longlisted for Leicester Libraries ‘Our Best Book 2022’ Award
One boy. A thousand (and one) curses. And a lot of bad luck.
Riley is cursed. No, really! After a fairground incident - TOTALLY not his fault - bad luck follows Riley everywhere, causing disaster after disaster. It's got so bad that no one wants to go near Riley, including his teachers! But when new student Brad Chicago shows up, Riley quickly realizes that Brad is the human equivalent of a good luck charm. Can Brad's good luck cancel out Riley's bad luck? Or is this yet another recipe for disaster?
Life of Riley has been shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2021
“...explodes in one great comedy armageddon!”
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Illustration (c) Aleksei Bitskoff 2020
“Packed with snappy humour and hilarious characters. You can’t help but love Riley, a brilliant, witty, world-weary kid and long-suffering underdog.”
Download your FREE Life of Riley activity pack!
Guide Riley through a complex maze to find Twinkle… complete the fiendishly difficult word search, and even create your very own Disaster Pool, just like Riley and Brad!
“Curses, calamity, friendship and farce are combined to produce a book of belly-laugh inducing brilliance.”
Illustration (c) Aleksei Bitskoff 2020