Tristan Bancks crée des histoires pour jeunes lecteurs, s'appuyant sur son expérience d'acteur et de cinéaste pour apporter une perspective unique à ses récits. Son écriture mêle souvent humour et éléments originaux, un peu gores et semi-autobiographiques, qui résonnent profondément auprès des enfants et des adolescents. Bancks est passionné par l'avenir de la narration et vise à inspirer les autres à créer leurs propres histoires. À travers son œuvre, il encourage l'imagination tout en ancrant les récits dans des expériences accessibles.
Have you ever helped your pop escape from a nursing home? Does your teacher have a problem with his bowels? Is your sister an evil genius and criminal mastermind? Have you ever mined your teeth for cash? Do you want to know where all the lost socks go? Is there a girl or boy at school who's desperate to kiss you? And do you know someone with the worst case of nits in world history? I do. I'm Tom Weekly and this is the third book in my weird, funny, sometimes gross life story.
I'm Tom Weekly. If you want to know what went wrong, read this and laugh. You'll learn the secret of my strangest body part. You'll meet my super-angry grandpa, and hear about my best non-human friend, Rarnald the rat. You'll find out why I've been banned from KidsWorld. But that won't freak you out as much as the story of how Stella Holling tricked me into kissing her. 3 things you'll learn inside- 1. How to climb Mount Everest 2. How to make a backyard theme park 3. How to escape a pirate
Have you ever tried to eat a car? Has your guinea pig ever been taken hostage? Does your mum always have jobs for you to do around the house? Has your grandmother asked you to help her commit a crime? Have you ever been attacked by a tribe of killer possums? Is your ice-cream man the angriest ice-cream man in Australia? And could your bum possibly save the world? I'm Tom Weekly and this is my life.
The story revolves around Lewis Snow, who refuses to part with his nits, viewing them as pets despite everyone urging him to shave his head. Among them is Ned, a unique jumping nit who prefers life on Lewis's scalp over his father's ambitions for world domination. With Ned being a vegan and disliking human blood, the narrative explores themes of friendship and individuality through the quirky lens of their unusual relationship. This book features two entertaining tales centered on their adventures.
Have you ever ran from the dentist? Are you petrified of clowns? Have giant head lice try to eat you? Have you ever been attacked by Library Ninjas when your book was five years overdue? And have you come up with a genius way to never do homework again? All of these things have happened to me. I'm Tom Weekly. My life is an exploding chicken and the book in your hands is my attempt to glue it back together again.
"Imagine a WebTV show coming to your school and asking you to be a Coolhunter! Imagine being sent to far-flung corners of the globe, hunting cool. Imagine going from zero to hero in a split-second and finding that all the weird, totally un-cool things you like are suddenly setting the world on fire ... Mac's just crashed the latest prototype of his flying bike in front of practically the whole school. So when the creators of Coolhunters approach him and tell him he's an Innovator, Mac thinks they're crazy. I mean, Mac lives in an old bus with his hippie mum. He doesn't have a TV, let alone a mobile. But Tony and Speed say he's so uncool he's, like, cool. They offer Mac a trial. He'll vlog all the cool stuff coming out of Kings Bay for a week. If he wins he'll travel the world, uncovering stuff he loves and reporting it via Coolhunters, a massive online space dedicated to the coolest things on earth. But hunting cool ain't easy. Mac's opponent, Cat DeVrees, wants the gig real bad and she'll do just about anything to get it."--Provided by publisher
Sima and her family are pressed to the rough, cold ground among fifty others. They lie next to the tall fence designed to keep them in. The wires are cut one by one. When they make their escape, a guard raises the alarm. Shouting, smoke bombs, people tackled to the ground. In the chaos Sima loses her parents. Dad told her to run, so she does, hiding in a school and triggering a lockdown. A boy, Dan, finds her hiding in the toilet block. What should he do? Help her? Dob her in? She's breaking the law, but is it right to lock kids up? And if he helps, should Sima trust him? Or run?THIS MOMENT, THESE DECISIONS, WILL CHANGE THE COURSE OF THEIR LIVES.
Mac Slater has discovered what he thinks is the coolest thing in New York City. Maybe even the world. But he's not allowed to tell a soul. Imagine being offered an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City! It seemed like an impossible dream for Mac and his best friend, Paul. But they've just become coolhunters for a massively popular webspace and Mac is beyond excited. The catch: he has to find the Next Big Thing in NYC u or be sent home. Mac soon makes friends with Melody, an inventor with super-cool skates, who takes him to The Hive. It's an old boatshed where innovative kids are creating transport, sneakers and computer apps that are way more cutting edge than anything you can buy. And the Hive kids are about to test an invention that could change the world. Mac's boss at Coolhunters is desperate for him to spill the beans, but Melody has sworn Mac to secrecy. He's found the coolest thing in NYC and he's not allowed to tell a soul! Friends or fame. Which would you choose?
"I'm Tom Weekly. This is a nail-biting - make that toe-biting - thrill ride through my life. This is where I pour out whatever's inside my head. Like the time a bloodthirsty magpie out to get me. Or when I had to eat Vegemite off my sister's big toe. And don't forget the day I ate 67 hot dogs in ten minutes. My life gets a bit weird sometimes but that's how I roll. Top 3 reasons to read this book: 1. Cures for nits 2. Hover underpants 3. Instructions for teleporting."--Back cover.
Celebrating 100 years of the iconic character and Aussie legend Ginger Meggs, these four brand new and original stories are written by Tristan Bancks, the great-great nephew of creator Jimmy Bancks, and illustrated in full colour by the current Ginger Meggs comic-strip cartoonist, Jason Chatfield. Kids and grown-ups alike will revel in the rambunctious adventures and comical capers of the ginger kid who never gets old.