PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Garth Jennings has directed many music videos and commercials as one third of the production company Hammer & Tongs. His work includes videos for Blur, Radiohead, Beck, Fatboy Slim and Vampire Weekend. He is the director of two feature films - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Son of Rambow, for which he also wrote the screenplay. He has just directed the newly released, Golden Globe nominated Sing, a feature-length animated film with an all-star cast, from the studio that created Despicable Me. He has also written The Deadly 7 and The Wildest Cowboy for Macmillan Children's Books.
Funny, weird and the perfect mix of dark and light, this is a fantastic new voice in middle grade fiction. I loved it! * Robin Stevens * Warm and funny with a high yuck factor. * The Bookseller * Adventurous, imaginative and slightly bonkers (well, aren't all the best books), The Deadly 7 is as refreshing and funny as you'd expect from the guy who wrote and directed Son of Rambow. * Dad.info * Written with style and boundless imaginative power, and illustrated throughout by the author, The Deadly 7 are simply drop-dead fantastic! * Lancashire Evening Post * Packed with the sort of perilous adventure and icky humour that 9+ kids will love. * Independent * A zany page-turner. * Observer * Anarchic, original, hilarious fun. * Metro *
