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Sam Copeland

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Sam Copeland is a Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted author. He is from Manchester and now lives in London with two smelly cats, three smelly children and one relatively clean-smelling wife. He works as a chicken whisperer, travelling the world using his unique gift to tame wild chickens. Charlie Changes Into a Chicken was his first book. It was followed by the sequel Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex, and the third in the series - Charlie Morphs into a Mammoth - which was published in February 2020. His latest book Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything will be released in January 2021. His books have been translated into 26 languages, which is wild really. www.sam-copeland.com

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Average rating: 4.08 · 1,893 ratings · 364 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Charlie Changes Into a Chicken 4.09 avg rating — 773 ratings — published 2019 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex 4.17 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 2019 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greta and the Ghost Hunters by Sam Copeland (Goodreads Author), Sarah Horne (Illustrations) 3.88 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Morphs Into a Mammoth by Sam Copeland (Goodreads Author), Sam Copeland (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything 3.94 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alex vs Axel: The Impossible Quests 4.18 avg rating — 119 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Underpants of Chaos (Tuchus & Topps Investigate Book 1) by Sam Copeland (Goodreads Author), Katie Kear (Illustrator), Sam Copeland (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bear Behind: A book about dealing with back to school worries by Sam Copeland (Goodreads Author), Pippa Curnick (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Attack of the Robot Librarians (Tuchus & Topps Investigate Book 2) by Sam Copeland (Goodreads Author), Jenny Pearson (Goodreads Author), Robin Boyden (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alex vs Axel: The Thief of Time: The hilarious new fantasy adventure 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Charlie (3 books)
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