Books with author Mary K. Porter

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An everyday tale of home invasion, despair and black pudding muffins.George, an only child in a loving if eccentric family unit, finds his world in turmoil when Jemima comes to stay. 3ft 9 inches of trouble dressed in long white socks and disgusting sandals, Jemima moves as fast as Usain Bolt, has a throwing arm like a bazooka and a creatively evil mind. She enthrals and delights George’s parents whilst initiating a series of increasingly dreadful events for which George always gets the blame. Can George get his parents to listen to him? Can he stop Jemima from finalising her dreadful plan? And exactly what kind of creature is she?A story of an only child beginning to lose the security of his family and what it feels like to be constantly blamed for things that aren’t your fault, The Cuckoo of Albion Avenue is a riotous read for anyone aged 8-12 with a good sense of humour and who appreciates the triumph of the bullied over the bully.

This high quality Kindle edition reproduces exactly the page formatting and numbering of the original paperback. When an abandoned story book discovers that some of his pages are missing, an unlikely gang of bookshelf neighbours join his quest to find them. But their search for Pagey's lost ending leads them deep into the futuristic, paperless universe of the Crystal Forest, where Mr E Razor, its visionary ruler, is in the final stages of his plot to put a permanent end to all the books in the world.

An everyday tale of home invasion, despair and seriously revolting black pudding muffins. George, an only child in a loving if eccentric family unit, finds his world in turmoil when Jemima comes to stay. 3ft 9 inches of trouble dressed in long white socks and disgusting sandals, Jemima moves as fast as Usain Bolt, has a throwing arm like a bazooka and a creatively evil mind. She enthrals and delights George’s parents whilst initiating a series of increasingly dreadful events for which George always gets the blame. Can George get his parents to listen to him? Can he stop Jemima from finalising her dreadful plan? And exactly what kind of creature is she? A story of an only child beginning to lose the security of his family and what it feels like to be constantly blamed for things that aren’t your fault, The Cuckoo of Albion Avenue is a riotous read for anyone aged 8-12 with a good sense of humour and who appreciates the triumph of the bullied over the bully.