Mud!

Dirty Bertie #8

by David Roberts

Join Bertie as he faces a barrage of footballs as the school's new goalie, battles to stay clean for the school photographer and gets hopelessly lost in a huge department store.

Genres: Fiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2009

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
David Roberts is an English editor and novelist.
Roberts worked for several years as a book editor at Chatto and Windus, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, and Michael O'Mara Books. Since 2000 he has been a full-time writer, best known for a series of crime novels set during the late 1930s, and featuring the joint adventures of Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne. The novels use actual historical events as a backdrop and there is an Author's Note at the back of the books briefly outlining what happened to the historical characters subsequently.
Publishers Weekly has described his novels as "well-researched" and "first-rate fun".

Reviews

[Mairéad · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5/5 A collection of short stories featuring the very messy Dirty Bertie perfect for young readers beginning to explore short chapter books. With simple, relatable stories full of silly, often gross, age appropriate humour this is sure to entertain readers aged 6+ who are building their confidence and skills.

[Jasmine Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good