Books with title Diary of a Track and Field Titan

In illustrated diary format, the hilarious tale of a boy whose dad tries to turn him into a track and field starMarcus Atkinson is nine years old, and good at math and computer games. Not sports! His dad's latest crazy idea is for him to try track and field. Even worse, it's not just "track" and "field"—there are 10 events! If he can't master one sport, how can his dad think he'll be good at 10?

Marcus Atkinson is a track and field titan (not!). But his dad is convinced that Marcus has magic in his muscles. Marcus is a Maths whiz who is not good at sport. His dad is a self-help author who thinks Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to...with hilarious results. In illustrated diary format, Marcus's gentle, satiric humour and comic drawings will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about sport. For ages 7 to 11