The Quigleys in a Spin

The Quigleys #4

by Simon Mason

Five more stories about the irrepressible Quigleys (and including a surprise guest appearance from the next-door neighbor’s cat, Fatbrain). Will makes a huge effort to get on with the sullen Robinson Potts, an unwelcome visitor on the family’s weekend away. Lucy desperately hopes that her birthday party will occur without mishap even though Dad is promising to make it an event to remember. And Mum gets stuck on the roof–with Fatbrain.
These hilarous stories about ordinary family life are perfect for reading aloud as well as for newly independent readers to read by themselves.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published July 7, 2005

About the author

Simon Mason was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, on 5 February 1962. He was educated at local schools and studied English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. He splits his time between writing at home and a part-time editorial position with David Fickling Books, an imprint of Random House and publisher of his 2011 children's novel, Moon Pie.

He is the author of the Quigleys series for young readers: The Quigleys (Highly Commended in the UK's Branford Boase Award), The Quigleys at Large, The Quigleys Not for Sale, and The Quigleys in a Spin. He has also written three adult novels.

Simon lives in Oxford with his wife and two children.

Reviews

[Arwen Baggins · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember liking this collection of short stories.
They're pretty well-written and quite funny.

It's been years since I read this book so I could be mis-remembering, but it sort of felt like a British version of the Vinyl Café. I don't think it was the narration style, so much as the type of scrapes the family gets into.

The father is the butt of the joke quite often which I didn't love (it seemed like the goofy situations weren't distributed evenly) but the stories were still quite good.

I had a fun time reading this and would recommend it.

[Phillip]

good