Fleeced

A fantastic feel-good comedy caper from Hull Book Award winner Ellie Irving.

If you want a comic book that will have you giggling from start to finish, this is it - and the feel-good factor lasts.

Ellie was born in Bristol, but raised in a hamlet on the outskirts of Southend-on-Sea by a family of avid readers. So avid, in fact, her mum enrolled her in the local library before she'd even emerged from the womb, which was awkward for all concerned. Ellie's passion for writing stories flourished aged seven, when her parents bought her a Petite Super International typewriter for Christmas, and there was no stopping her. 
After studying for a Broadcasting Degree at the University of Leeds, Ellie realised there were too few home makeover shows in the world, and worked on a number of DIY and Garden programmes for UK Style. She then returned to studying and completed an MA in Screenwriting in 2008. 
She lives in London.

WARNING! 
 
THIS STORY CONTAINS: 
 
- A sheep called Alan Shearer. Even though she's a she 
- The greatest illusion trick known to man! 
- DASTARDLY crooks 
- A pesky big brother 
- A 1000-piece Lord of the Rings Jigsaw puzzle with all the pieces making up Gandalf’s face missing 
- Shear determination 
- A brave young hero. Yep, that’s me. Charlie Rudge, aged 10 and ¾… 
 
READ ON IF EWE DARE!

The Mute Button

A hilarious new middle grade story from the author of BILLIE TEMPLAR'S WAR.

BRILLIANT - utterly gripping, well written and one my 2014 favourites so far. For any 9+ readers out there, this is a must-read. The Mute Button is a fantastic book, brilliantly realised and featuring one of the best literary families I've had the pleasure of meeting.

A hilarious new story from the author of BILLIE TEMPLAR'S WAR 
 
How do you make yourself heard in the midst of chaos? 
 
Anthony Button loves his big family, but their noise can drive him crazy. 
And with the arrival of a brand-new older brother, it’s worse than ever! 
 
So Ant starts a silent protest to try and get everyone’s attention. 
But now he’s pressed the mute button, will he ever find his voice again?

Billie Templar's War

The laugh-out-loud funny, sweet and often sad story of a girl's fight to bring her dad home from the war - with the help of a cast of crazy characters.

Billie Templar desperately wants her dad to come home. He's a soldier and has been away for seven weeks, fighting for 'Queen and country' - but how can the two of them possibly defend their four-year record of winning the three-legged race at the school carnival if he's thousands of miles away? 
 
Then, when one of the other soldiers in Dad's regiment is seriously hurt, the stakes get even higher. Billie needs her dad home, sharpish. There's only one person who can help - Her Majesty. She's in charge of the army, right? She can send Dad home! Billie tries to get inside Buckingham Palace to sort it out, but it's not that easy. So, with the help of shy Sarah and allergy-prone Jake, the school brass band and a motley team of enthusiastic old-age pensioners, Billie hatches a fool-proof plan to get the Queen to her little village instead... 
 
Both laugh-out-loud funny and utterly heart-wrenching, and featuring an unforgettable cast of sweet, crazy characters, Billie's journey will have you laughing and crying in equal measure.

For the Record

Frank Cottrell Boyce meets Richard Curtis in this warm, crazy and very funny tale of one boy's determination to save his village, and face up to his fears.

A feel-good family drama with plenty of humour and a great cast of crazy characters. Warm and touching, with lots of heart

This is a real charmer full of gentle humour, traditional English eccentrics who'll raise a smile, a sweet romance and a lovely narrator

Funny and fast, this is an engaging story with colourful characters, ridiculous records and the occasional serious moment

Fantastic . . . The tissue moments are off-set by the rest of the humour. I love how much I laughed while reading this 10/10 read

Ellie was born in Bristol, but raised in a hamlet on the outskirts of Southend-on-Sea by a family of avid readers. So avid, in fact, her mum enrolled her in the local library before she'd even emerged from the womb, which was awkward for all concerned. Ellie's passion for writing stories flourished aged seven, when her parents bought her a Petite Super International typewriter for Christmas, and there was no stopping her. 
After studying for a Broadcasting Degree at the University of Leeds, Ellie realised there were too few home makeover shows in the world, and worked on a number of DIY and Garden programmes for UK Style. She then returned to studying and completed an MA in Screenwriting in 2008. 
She lives in London and For the Record is her debut novel.

Luke is a gifted but awkward ten-year-old who is obsessed with world records, and is nervous about starting senior school a year early as 'the swot with the dead dad'. When Luke's tiny, unique Jersey village is in danger of being bulldozed to the ground to make way for a waste incinerator plant, the only way to stop it is by putting the village on the map: by breaking 50 world records in a week. 
With the help of geeky adjudicator Simon and a colourful cast of oddball village characters, this is Luke's chance to shine, to solve his mum's relationship problems, and to face his biggest fears - with bizarre, extraordinary consequences.

Ellie Irving

Matilda is a great character, a brilliant role model, and the book is a real affirmation of women as scientists

A warm-hearted, funny, madcap adventure . . . this book is going to get kids very fired up about science

Matilda loves science and inventing. Her heroes are Marie Curie, Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Edison, and one day she wants to be a famous inventor herself. So when she doesn’t win the school science fair, she’s devastated – especially as the judges didn’t believe she'd come up with her entry on her own. Because she's a girl. 
 
When Matilda shares her woes with her Grandma Joss, she's astonished to learn her grandma was once a scientist herself – an astrophysicist, who discovered her very own planet. Trouble is, Grandma Joss was also overlooked – her boss, Professor Smocks, stole her discovery for himself. And he's about to be presented with a Nobel Prize. 
 
Matilda concocts a plan. They'll crash the award ceremony and tell everyone the truth! So begins a race against time - and against Matilda's strict mum and dad! - on a journey through Paris, Hamburg and Stockholm, and on which they encounter a famous film star, a circus, and a wanted diamond thief...

Ellie Irving

Praise for The Matilda Effect

Matilda is a great character, a brilliant role model, and the book is a real affirmation of women as scientists

A warm-hearted, funny, madcap adventure . . . this book is going to get kids very fired up about science

Books by Ellie Irving

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