Daydreamer Dev Crosses the Sahara

Daydreamer Dev Series

by Ken Spillman

Forever daydreaming—that’s Dev. Sitting in class or watching the clouds from the roof of Kwality Carpets, he floats off to places all over the world and has wonderful, bizarre adventures. Read the fantasies of Daydreamer Dev as he steps into worlds where the totally incredible become totally credible—and more than a little hilarious . . .
Daydreamer Dev Crosses the Sahara
Dev’s headmaster is sure that he has the ability to go far—if only he controls his daydreaming. But Dev knows that is the only way for him to go far away on fabulous adventures.
Escaping his father’s lecture, he stretches out on his favourite rug on the roof of Kwality Carpets. Clouds drift, and Dev drifts too . . . all the way to Timbuktu, where his friend OP is waiting for him. The boys set off on an adventure to cross the Sahara, battling heat, flies, thirst, and camels—sorry, dromedaries—that emit enough greenhouse gases to finish off the ozone layer.
Accompanied by a guide, Ibrahim, Dev and OP find that oases are few and far between. Will Ibrahim and amana (trust) help them reach their destination? Or will they be swallowed by the sands of the Sahara?

38 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 15, 2012

About the author

Ken Spillman grew up in Perth and has been a full-time professional writer for most of his adult life. He is the author of 20 books including Blue and Love is a UFO, both acclaimed novels for teenagers. He co-authored Magpie Mischief and Magwheel Mayhem, and is also the author of the forthcoming title Jake’s Gigantic List (for early readers). During 2008, Ken was a keynote speaker at the Asian Children’s Writers and Illustrators Conference and a guest of the Tasmanian Writers Centre, the Mussoorie International Writers’ Festival, and the Delhi Children’s Literature Festival. He was a keynote speaker at a conference on multiliteracies in Singapore earlier this year. Ken has compiled five collections of writing, and the major US reference work Contemporary Authors has compiled a detailed entry on his career.