DIARY OF A TENNIS PRODITY

The ninth title in a series of quick, fun reads which are perfect for the younger end of the Wimpy Kid audience.

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. Shamini Flint is the author of Ten (US rights acquired by Clarion) about a football-crazy girl. She is also well known for her Inspector Singh mysteries for adults (Little, Brown). She lives in Singapore and makes up for her ‘evil past’ as a corporate lawyer by being a stay-at-home mum, writer and environmental activist. Sally Heinrich is a freelance illustrator who has illustrated more than twenty books, as well as working for advertising agencies, design studios and government departments.