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S.W.I.T.C.H: Anaconda Adventure Paperback – International Edition, April 5, 2012

by Ali Sparkes (Author)

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Josh and Danny have gone for a nice day out at the zoo. Or, should that be, a nice, experimental, day out at the zoo? Petty's developed a new SWITCH spray for snakes! And Josh and Danny are willing volunteers. Things start to go a bit wrong though when they fail to SWITCH back into boys, and are spotted by a whole class of girls on a school trip! Luckily, Charlie, an old friend from summer camp, is there to help, and the panic subsides. The trouble is not over yet though . . .

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Praise for SWITCH: "This book has helped my son, 5, move on from picture books at bed time to one with more words. An excellent choice for reluctant readers who will be thrilled at the idea of turning into a bug, mad inventors and lots of adventures." --Amazon Reviewer "The book is great fun and involves the reader, who really feels as though they are part of the story. Along the way the reader learns a surprising amount about pond life." --www.parentsintouch.co.uk Praise for Ali Sparkes's Frozen in Time, winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award: "I know now what they mean by a plot that is toe-curlingly good . . . brilliantly inventive and rollicking fantastical adventure" --Bookbag "Frozen in Time shows [Ali's] skill at fusing traditional children's storytelling with modern tales . . . Sparkes's sci-fi conspiracy thrills will keep 21st-century kids transfixed" --Books Quarterly "It was outstanding. It blew me away" --Jamie Fenlon, judge on the Blue Peter book award panel

About the Author

Ali was a local newspaper reporter and columnist before joining BBC local radio as a producer and presenter, and then chucked in the safe job to be dangerously freelance and write scripts and manuscripts. Her first venture was as a comedy columnist on the BBC Radio's top-rated 'Woman's Hour' and 'Home Truths' programmes. Ali lives in Southampton with her husband and sons and would never kill a creepy-crawly of any kind. They are more scared of her than she is of them. (Creepy-crawlies, not her husband and sons.) Ross Collins is winner of the Royal Mail Book Award. Ross was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 1994 with 1st Degree in Illustration and spent two years in London before returning to Glasgow. He spends time illustrating picture books, watching cartoons, cat juggling and precariously swinging backwards on chairs. He has illustrated over thirty children's books so far and written four of them. The Sea Hole won 1st place in the 1994 Macmillan Prize and Supposing gained, among other prizes, a Blue Ribbon Award in the US.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ OUP Oxford (April 5, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0192732404
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0192732408
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 8 years
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.53 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.12 x 0.39 x 7.8 inches

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Winner of the Blue Peter Award for Frozen In Time, Ali Sparkes has published more than 40 adventures for children and young adults over the past decade.
Ali always meant to be a singer and an actress but instead found herself writing for a local newspaper, before joining the BBC as a regional broadcast journalist. After a stint writing comedy shorts for BBC Radio 4 she decided to try writing children's fiction - and in 2004 got her first book deal, for the five part Shapeshifter series, with Oxford Children's Books.
Her perhaps darkest novel is Death By Detention - published by Coven - an edgy teen thriller and the first in her new Teen Ops series. See the trailer at www.alisparkes.com/deathbydetention
Although the Night Series (Night Speakers, Night Raiders, Night Walker and Night Terrors) are literally dark - as most of the action for the insomniac characters takes place in the small hours. See the trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt9JGmD-WgY
Ali's books have been translated into many languages from French and German to Latin American and Japanese. More of her books are translated for Turkey than any other country. Turkey loves Ali's books. And Ali loves Turkish Delight, so it's all good...
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My son has ASD and these are the only fiction books I can get him to read at all. According to him these are stories that may actually happen in real life!