AuthorBen Brooks
NarratorGeorge Ermos
Duration5h 31m
CategoriesChildren's Fiction
Key StageKS2
PublisherHachette Children's Books
VersionUnabridged
Victor is skeptical when Walter Swizwit comes to the village of Rainwater. He's the latest in a string of inventors passing through, and no one wants to buy his cheap magic tricks. But Walter doesn't take rejection well, and puts a curse on the village. Only Victor is unaffected and he must leave Rainwater for the first time in his life if he's to find the cure. Victor's path takes him past other villages that Walter has damaged, and he picks up new companions on the way: Elena, handy with bow and arrow, Mo-Lan, a science prodigy, and scaredy-cat Mingus.
Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different
Author: Ben Brooks
Author Ben Brooks
Narrator Thomas Judd
Duration 2h 59m
Prince charming, dragon slayer, mischievous prankster... More often than not, these are the role-models boys encounter in the books they read at home and at school. As a boy, there is an assumption that you will conform to a stereotypical idea of masculinity. What if you prefer to pick up a book rather than a sword? What if you want to cry when you...
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Bedtime Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different
Author: Ben Brooks
Author Ben Brooks
Narrator Alex Wingfield, Joshua Higgott, Thomas Judge
Duration 6h 6m
Who wants to fall asleep to tales of dragons being slain, wars being fought, and princesses being rescued who, quite frankly, could have rescued themselves? Our boys need a new kind of hero. Rule-breakers and innovators who aren't afraid to think outside and be themselves, whatever people think about how men should behave. Bedtime Stories for Boys...
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Author: Ben Brooks
Author Ben Brooks
Narrator John Hasler
Duration 6h 1m
Who says youth is wasted on the young? Jasper wants to get on in the world, but life is distracting. He's got his A-levels to contend with, his mother pushing him to overachieve, weekly visits to his psychologist, come-downs, YouTube suicides and pregnant one-night-stands. And then there's his step-dad-the murderer. Hilarious and heartbreaking by t...
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