The Good, the Bad and the Truly Awful

THE BRITTS: The Good, the Bad and the Truly Awful

Three brothers. One massive disaster

Meet the BRITTS: three brothers with absolutely nothing in common, apart from disaster…

Tom Britt is nine. His younger brother is angelic, bright, and never does anything wrong. But their older brother is scheming, selfish and truly awful.

See which brother you like best in these short, fast-paced stories.

More gross-out than James Patterson's Middle School and more chaotic than Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the Britt brothers are always in trouble.

For parents/teachers:

These stories are for mid-grade readers, particularly reluctant readers.

They are a little more 'gross-out' than James Patterson's Middle School series, but in a similar vein. They are aimed at readers who have enjoyed Horrid Henry and need something a little more advanced, combining the pre-teen slant of Diary of a Wimpy Kid with old-fashioned tales of bad behaviour. Each chapter is a stand-alone story (3-4,000 words), divided into short sections of 500-800 words. The stories run chronologically and are linked, so more advanced readers can read the series as a book (c.20,000 words). The vocabulary is advanced for the target age group and includes standard elements of adult prose (formatted dialogue, metaphors, flashbacks etc.). The stories also include several pivotal female characters as intelligent foils to Tummy Britt, the bad boy of the family. The stories are as funny as possible without using words or themes which could be considered offensive or damaging.