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Silas and the Marvellous Misfits
- Author
- Tom Percival
- Narrator
- Dami Olukoya
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 14 October 2021
- Run Time
- 1 hour 50 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and behaviours, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Positive / good mental health
What to expect
A Marcus Rashford Book Club Choice! Silas and the Marvellous Misfits by Tom Percival is an action-packed adventure that shows kids the joy of being themselves.
'Engaging and action packed. I would have loved this book as a child!' – Marcus Rashford MBE
Erika has a BIG secret. She’s a member of the Dream Defenders – a top-secret organization that banishes your worries while you sleep!
And tonight they're on a mission to rescue Erika's best friend Silas from the clutches of the evil Glooms – creatures who want everyone in the dream world to look and think exactly the same way!
Can the Dream Defenders save Silas and help him to see that being a misfit can be a truly marvellous thing?
Discover more of the Dream Defenders adventures in Erika and the Angermare and Chanda and the Devious Doubt.
The Marcus Rashford Book Club is a collaboration between Marcus Rashford and Macmillan Children's Books, inspiring children to develop a love of reading and literacy as a life skill.
Critics Review
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Encouraging children to find joy in, and celebrate, their differences is so powerful in today's society. Tom inspires this mindset in the most fun, engaging, action-packed way. I would have loved to read this book as a child!
Marcus Rashford MBE
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An action-packed new illustrated fiction series for independent readers that explores anxiety – and how to conquer it –through rip-roaring adventure stories!
Little London, feature on children’s books and anxiety
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An energetic adventure, with two-colour illustrations throughout and relatively short, manageable chapters for younger readers. Whilst the story is set in a fun alternative world, Percival manages to cleverly weave in themes of emotional care, as Erika’s bad mood also attracts a dangerous Angermare and she has to learn to manage her own anger in order to defeat it.
BookTrust, Books We Love
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I'd happily have this on my bookshelf at school but I would also happily recommend this for any parent to read with or give to their child to read
Small Tomes Big Minds
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A fun and engaging way to reassure youngsters and help them cope with their anxieties. . . . Ideal for sharing at home to help children through periods of anxiety, or for reading in schools as guidance with behavioural problems and anger management, this exciting new series could turn youthful nightmares into the sweetest dreams.
Lancashire Evening Post and syndicates, Blackpool Gazette, Leigh Observer, Longridge News, Leyland Guardian, Lytham Stannes Express
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Details
- Author
- Tom Percival
- Narrator
- Dami Olukoya
- Duration
- 1 hour 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 October 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529092646
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and behaviours, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Positive / good mental health
Synopsis
A Marcus Rashford Book Club Choice! Silas and the Marvellous Misfits by Tom Percival is an action-packed adventure that shows kids the joy of being themselves.'Engaging and action packed. I would have loved this book as a child!' – Marcus Rashford MBEErika has a BIG secret. She’s a member of the Dream Defenders – a top-secret organization that banishes your worries while you sleep!And tonight they're on a mission to rescue Erika's best friend Silas from the clutches of the evil Glooms – creatures who want everyone in the dream world to look and think exactly the same way!Can the Dream Defenders save Silas and help him to see that being a misfit can be a truly marvellous thing?Discover more of the Dream Defenders adventures in Erika and the Angermare and Chanda and the Devious Doubt. The Marcus Rashford Book Club is a collaboration between Marcus Rashford and Macmillan Children's Books, inspiring children to develop a love of reading and literacy as a life skill.
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