Horrid Henry is a horrible boy. As we meet him he is determined to win the reading contest so he can go to an amusement park. He hates to read. He never reads. He puts off reading until the day before the contest ends and then steals his brothers annotations and makes up some books that don't even exist to inflate his list. The person with the most books read wins the prize. "Theme park, theme park, theme park," he chants and then rushes down to grab the prize when his name is called, "Gimme my prize," he says as he snatches the tickets out of another contestant's hand.
Henry continues his horribleness in the next chapter where he tosses his brother out of a secret club and conjures up a dire attack on the girls just as they are tossing a girl out of their secret club and conjuring up a dire weapon to use against the boys. Beware the stinkbombs and the Dungeon Drink. Beware also Sour Susan, Moody Margaret, Rude Ralph and Miss Battle-Axe, the teacher. Highly entertaining.
Recommended by: Barb Langridge
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Horrid Henry and Moody Margaret are a perfect pair. Henry has a secret club that doesn't allow girls in. Margaret has a secret club just for girls, and both Henry and Margaret love to play pranks. But with Perfect Peter and Sour Susan acting as spies, which secret club will win? Plus three other stories that totally don't stink.
Francesca Simon is one of the world's best-loved children's authors. She is the only American to have ever won the Galaxy Book Award, and her creation, Horrid Henry, is the #1 bestselling chapter book series in the UK―with a hit TV show and over fi fteen million copies sold! Each book contains four easy-to-read stories and hilarious illustrations by the one and only Tony Ross, so even the most reluctant of readers won't be able to resist Henry's amazing talent for trouble!
"Will make you laugh out loud."―Sunday Times
Horrid Henry uses a stinkbomb as a toxic weapon in his war with Moody Margaret; uses all his tricks to win the school reading competition; goes on a sleepover; and has the joy of seeing his teacher in hot water with the principal.---from the publisher
