Andrew Pender-Smith
SLURP!
language
(Green Monkey Publications June 25, 2013)
What happens when Mr. Wells, the creepy owner of a pet shop, turns out to be really weird? Where do the mysterious fish in the lakes and ponds around the town actually come from? What is the connection to a local zoo? Can Simon and Roger race against time and rescue hundreds of people and their pets from great danger? All this gets them involved with fantastic happenings that are absolutely ‘out of this world’.
This is an adventure that moves at a crazy pace, and Roger and Simon have to keep looking out for danger as they put a simply outrageous plan into terrifying action. Who wins and how do they manage to do so?
Andrew Pender-Smith is a teacher of English and Drama. He has spent many years writing poetry for children, a great deal of which has been published and used in schools and studios in South Africa. In addition to SLURP! he has also written Hunting Zanga, which is a book for older children, and two novels, one under a pseudonym.