Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-drain Machine

Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-drain Machine

by Alex T . Smith (Illustrator), Anna Kemp (Author)

Synopsis

When Frankie Blewitt brings home yet another F-for-failure school report it's the last straw for his overachieving parents and they decide to send him to the Crammar Grammar boarding school. At first he is just relieved to be away from home, but he soon realises that there's something really weird going on at Crammer Grammar...As Frankie tries to find out the secrets of the school he discovers that the headmaster, Dr Gore, has plans to turn all the students into robot-like super-brains using his Brain-drain machine! With the help of his new friends Neet and Wes, Alphonsine his crazy French nanny and a poodle named Colette, can Frankie save the day before it's too late and change the F-for- failure to F-for-fantastic?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
Published: 06 Jan 2011

ISBN 10: 1847389368
ISBN 13: 9781847389367
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Prizes: Shortlisted for Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2011.

Author Bio
When she is not writing children's stories, Anna Kemp is a lecturer at Queen Mary University of London where she teaches French Literature. Her books have been shortlisted for several prizes including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Waterstones book prize and Oscar's book prize. Her picture books have been adapted for stage and screen.