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Junk Food Hero

Junk Food Hero

by Cheryl Robson (Editor), PatSwindells (Author), JamesSpence(cover) (Editor)

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    Paperback 2009

    $3.27
Synopsis

George, aged 13, weighs 17 stone and is still growing in all directions. When a TV chef brings healthy food to the school dinner menu, George demands his right to chips, chips and more chips. But his teachers won't budge and they set George thinking...perhaps his family's devotion to fast food could be the reason they're all so big and getting bigger? Following a nightmarish encounter with himself as a grownup, George embarks on a journey of discovery where he takes the giant leap from living to eat to eating to live.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 280
 Edition: first
 Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications
Published: 17 Apr 2009
ISBN 10: 1906582025
ISBN 13: 9781906582029
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
The campaign against childhood obesity is now being fought on the bookshelves too, as this thought-provoking offering by Pat Swindells shows. This book is short enough to be read as a class story, and can be linked to a number of different topics. It should lead to some good discussion. Learning Support. Like George, many teens today are blind to the dangers of eating junk food... help is at hand in this briskly paced tale that entertains from beginning to end Metro Having just completed the book I have to say it is a wonderful, compelling read that entertains and informs in equal measure. As parents I think you should insist that for every hour your children spend on their Playstations or Xboxes this week, they devote an equal amount of time to reading Junk Food Hero. It could just change - perhaps even save - their lives. Poppy Watt, Women Talking
Author Bio
Pat Swindells is a former English and Music teacher who has had several educational books for teenagers published, including Nelson Mandela (Collins). Her book When the Death Penalty Came Back (Macmillan) was listed as Number 1 Top Thriller by The Daily Mail. Previous fiction includes many short stories for women's magazines.