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The Underpants of Chaos

  • The Underpants of Chaos

  • The new laugh-out-loud series from bestselling duo Sam Copeland and Jenny Pearson.

    Something bad is happening at Little Strangehaven Primary. What are the peculiar SHIVERS that keep striking the school, bringing Strangeness in their wake - from uncontrollable ballroom dancing to an attack by military chickens?

    Spy-detective Agatha Topps is determined to find out. She's the only person who doesn't forget the Strangeness as soon as it's over. At least, until new boy Lenny Tuchus turns up and remembers too.

    Their spy-detectoring leads them to the Book of Chaos, an ancient text which has been hidden away in the Room of Forbidden and Dangerous Books.

    Can Agatha and Lenny fight off attacks from evil underpants and Transylvanian gargoyles to stop the SHIVERS before their town is sucked into oblivion? Because power lies in books - especially this one . . .

RELEASED 09/06/2022

Greta and the Ghost Hunters
Greta and the Ghost Hunters
Sam Copeland , Sarah Horne
Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything
Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything
Sam Copeland , Sarah Horne
Charlie Morphs Into a Mammoth
Charlie Morphs Into a Mammoth
Sam Copeland , Sarah Horne
Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex
Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex
Sam Copeland , Sarah Horne
Charlie Changes Into a Chicken
Charlie Changes Into a Chicken
Sam Copeland , Sarah Horne

Charlie Changes Into a Chicken

3 Books
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Inspiration

My journey to becoming an author: Sam Copeland

This may come as a surprise, but not every author starts out as one. Many have a variety of jobs before they even think of picking up that pen and putting it to paper. Here, Sam Copeland – author of the hit Charlie Changes into a Chicken series and new book Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything – shares his story.
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Quizzes

Do you know the answer to absolutely everything?

In Sam Copeland’s new book Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything, young Uma Gnudersonn discovers genius artificial intelligence, Athena, who quite literally knows everything. Test your knowledge against Athena's in our quiz!
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Meet the characters from Charlie Changes Into a Chicken

Charlie Changes Into a Chicken is the first book in a side-splitting new series by Sam Copeland and illustrated by Sarah Horne. All about a nine-year-old boy who can’t stop changing into animals, it’s sure to have you squawking with laughter!

Sam Copeland is an author, which has come as something of a shock to him. He is from Manchester and now lives in London with two smelly cats, three smelly children and one relatively clean-smelling wife. He is the author of the bestselling Charlie Changes Into a Chicken (which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize), its two sequels, Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex and Charlie Morphs Into a Mammoth, and Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything. Despite legal threats, he refuses to stop writing.

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