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Oliver Tooley

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London, The United Kingdom

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http://www.bluepoppypublishing.co.uk

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Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

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Some people know what they want to do from an early age, and they do it.
Others take a little longer but eventually settle down to something and get on with it.
Not me; oh no. I wanted to be a vet from about the age of 8 until I was 17 when I suddenly realised that getting up at five in the morning to shove my hand up a cow's bottom was the LAST thing I wanted to do.
So I walked out in the middle of my A levels and never went back. (You could do that in the olden days, when bread was white wi' no bits in it, and we still thought bacon was good for you.)

I signed on and looked for work and did rubbish jobs for rubbish money. I even worked in a bookshop once, but was sacked after getting bored and reading a children's book in the lift.
I did a ...more

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	Children of the Wise Oak 3.94 avg rating — 89 ratings — 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
	Women of the Wise Oak 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings	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
	Time Tunnel to West Leighton it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 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
	John the Minstrel: The mysterious tale of the magical lute. 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Men of the Wise Oak 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	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
	Fanny Chalk Austin: A Memoir of an Ordinary Victorian Lady (1842 to 1915) by Oliver Tooley (Goodreads Author), Fanny Chalk Austin really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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This week 6th - 13th of May I have set the price of Children of the Wise oak to 99p/99c on Amazon
Just in case anybody happens to see this.

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Oliver Tooley made a comment on Katherine Lanier’s review of The Whispering Trees " The movie rights. Oh boy, that would be a thing. And I agree, you're right, though I dare not dream it will happen. If it did, I believe the contract ...more "
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