Books with author Eric Johns

"All this happened to me last summer. I really lost it. It was like I'd blown every circuit in my head." Mike can't stop thinking about sex: his whole life is an emotional seesaw. And then he meets a student nurse who doles out pills like there's no tomorrow. Before he knows it he's stolen a wad of money and is riding happily through the countryside in a horse-drawn caravan. But is this really the trip of a lifetime or one of his hallucinations or a journey to Hell?

"All this happened to me last summer. I really lost it. It was like I'd blown every circuit in my head. Things were off the wall. That's why I want to write it all down, honestly, just as it happened."With a mother who gets through husbands like a monkey polishes off bananas and a dad whose new wife is a nymphomaniac, is it any wonder that Mike can't stop thinking about sex? In fact, his whole life is an emotional see-saw: he's a disaster waiting to happen. Then Mike meets a student nurse whose idea of a relationship is doling out pills like there's no tomorrow... Before he knows it, he's stolen a wad of money and is riding merrily through the countryside in a horse-drawn caravan. But is this really the trip of a lifetime or a journey to Hell?This powerful story describes one young man's turbulent and ultimately mind-shattering experiences with drugs.A review in The Independent on Sunday by Mary Meek (aged 15) said of Trip of a Lifetime: 'Incredibly imaginative, original and quite hysterical, this book is perceptive, showing deep understanding of the strange workings and spontaneity of the teenage mind.'

"We solemnly swear to seek adventure, excitement and danger and to rescue anyone in peril." So proclaim the Freewheelers, Gina, Claire and Mandy, as they set out on a new adventure - to stop aliens taking over the world! No one believes them when they try to warn the world about the danger it faces. It is up to the Freewheelers to act alone! Can they stop the aliens before it is too late - or will their plans go wrong as usual?

What do you do about a guard dragon who wants to change his job? What happens to a Prince who thinks he is so clever he doesn't need to go to school? Is it a good idea to use a skateboard that turns into a time machine? Is it really helpful to drink bottles of ancient liquid that have mysterious powers? And can telling yourself scary stories at bedtime make them come true? The stories in this book answer these and other peculiar questions! There are also three poems in this book. Two happen in the dark and one might happen at school and will get you into trouble if you do what it says!

Warning! Strange things happen in The Giraffe Tree and Other Tall Stories. Do you know what to do if the evil Investigator Black from the Ministry of Birthdays invites himself to your party? Or what you must definitely not do if you are locked in a library overnight? Or what to do if you are a garden gnome who has lost his garden. Or how to save yourself if you are a helpless snail about to be eaten by a thrush? And who should you trust if you are sold as a slave? You can find out the unexpected answers in these stories which Eric Johns has gathered together because they are all very strange and get on well together. Also, how does a giraffe become a tree?

The new dreams were not like any Lynn had ever had before. She was sure Gary and his egg-stone were to blame."What have you done to me?" she demanded."Did you have a dream?" Gary asked."Was it the egg-stone gave it to me?""Well," Gary said, "I had a dream after touching it and I wanted to find out...""So you experimented on me!" Lynn accused him.But the experiment was only the beginning. Gary and Lynn were the first. Soon there were others, and it wasn't only dreams - they discovered they had the gift of mindreading. Then they found that those who didn't have the gift were frightened of them. Even their own families. There was no one they could turn to for help.If you can read minds, can you ever lead a normal life again?