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Head Kid

By: David Baddiel
Narrated by: Morwenna Banks,Paul Panting,David Rintoul,Nneka Okoye,Aysha Kala
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Summary

Performed by David Baddiel, Morwenna Banks, Paul Panting, David Rintoul, Nneka Okoye and Aysha Kala. Head Kid tells the story of Ryan Ward, the school prankster at Bracket Wood School and a body swap that involves Ryan swapping bodies with his new head teacher, the strict no nonsense Mr Carter.

Strictest head ÷ naughtiest boy = chaos.

Perfect for family listening, this multi cast recording brings David Baddiel’s ‘Head Kid’ to life showcasing each and every character from David’s world including characters from previous books!

Bracket Wood is about to be visited by OFFHEAD, the school inspectors. But there’s one big problem: Ryan Ward.

The maestro of practical jokes, Ryan has played so many tricks that in the end the Head Teacher just walks out. And then the new Head Teacher, Mr Carter, arrives. A man so strict even the teachers are scared of him. So imagine his surprise – and Ryan’s – when they swap bodies.

Now Ryan is Head Teacher – and his mortal enemy is one of his pupils. It’s every naughty kid’s dream!

But soon Bracket Wood School is in a total mess – and only its worst ever pupil can fix it…

©2018 David Baddiel (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

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"A real page turner...a compelling story with relateable characters and meaningful life lessons." (Huffington Post)

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Amazing

It was a funny book and it helped me get to sleep I loved it👻

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Rubbish

Rubbish
It does not go wow! It makes me feel 🙄🤨 and that is not what I want but I think it is good enough for other people 🤓

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loved it!

This is a really funny & heartwarming. If you like David Baddiel, you'll love this story!

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The names head kid

It's replay great myself love it better than my fish what a good book was amzining surep

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Best story ever!

Head kid is such a grate book it is about the head swops body with a student and some really amazing things happen .I rate this book to everyone.

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Great listening

David biddel catches people's attention and drags you into the story. I may be a adult but I enjoyed listening to this book with the youngens. Really good spin of the movie 'freaky frisay', really interesting and highly recommended this audio book for kids... Easy and enjoyable listening

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So cool🤩🥳

So interesting 😎 fire RAYON WORD ROYON WORD🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳soooooooooooooooooo cool🥳🥳hi hi hi hi hi😍ello

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Great book !

It's a great book with good performance. Would recommend it for 8+
A lot of great jokes

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This book

I love the references and the story🧐,yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay

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Funny

Very funny and has a dear voice to understand has lots of heart warming moments.

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