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The Peski Kids #3
Stuck in the Mud
Chaos parachutes into Currawong when the annual Mud Run hits town. The Peski kids are soon swept up in the festivities. Or in April’s case, strapped to a vision-impaired competitor in the race.
Can Joe beat the fierce opposition? Can Fin hit Joe with a giant mud ball? Can April make it through a school day without getting expelled? Who knows? But when the prize money goes missing someone has to figure out what really happened under all that mud!
Can Joe beat the fierce opposition? Can Fin hit Joe with a giant mud ball? Can April make it through a school day without getting expelled? Who knows? But when the prize money goes missing someone has to figure out what really happened under all that mud!
172 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 6, 2019
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R.A. Spratt
46 books362 followersR.A. Spratt is an award-winning author and television writer. She lives in Bowral, Australia with her husband and two daughters.
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October 8, 2019
5 Stars!!!!
This was amazing! I needn't something to make me laugh and this was just the trick!
It makes me legit laugh out loud all the time!
I found April and the guy, can't remember his name, quite hilarious. She was complimenting his INSULTS!!!!???? hahahahah!!!!!
Also, a very quick read for me as I'm a fast reader.
I cannot WAIT for the next one!!!!
This was amazing! I needn't something to make me laugh and this was just the trick!
It makes me legit laugh out loud all the time!
I found April and the guy, can't remember his name, quite hilarious. She was complimenting his INSULTS!!!!???? hahahahah!!!!!
Also, a very quick read for me as I'm a fast reader.
I cannot WAIT for the next one!!!!
November 23, 2024
Spratts Jacks #27
Peski Kids #3
Third book in the Peski Kids series is probably the best one so far, it has the absurdist humour of her other books, but misses the heart which is at the core of the Friday Barnes series, still one must base the book on its own merits and it still was an entertaining yarn.
Peski Kids #3
Third book in the Peski Kids series is probably the best one so far, it has the absurdist humour of her other books, but misses the heart which is at the core of the Friday Barnes series, still one must base the book on its own merits and it still was an entertaining yarn.
July 2, 2020
I loved this book. It's laugh-out-loud funny and very entertaining. R.A. Spratt has a talent for writing stories that engage with kids and adults, and while it's taken me a bit longer to enjoy these characters (I'm a huge fan of Friday Barnes), I'm now looking forward to the next installment.
January 25, 2020
Another great addition to this series.
December 28, 2021
This is the third Peski Kids adventure, featuring Joe, Fin and April Peski, and it’s a lot of fun.
As the story begins, the three children, together with their father, are in hiding from a sinister organisation known as the Kolektiv, their mother is imprisoned in a secret European jail, their father has just proposed to Ingrid, the Swedish au pair from next door, and Ingrid and her charge, Loretta, are now moving in to their house.
This is a lot of drama for the small town of Currawong. But there’s more excitement to come when Brad Peddler from the Mad as Mud company (and ex-Currawong resident) announces the annual Mad Mud Mud Run. Not only is the usual $10,000 being offered for the first male across the line, but there’s also a competition to design the course itself.
As if that wasn’t enough, two-time Olympic silver medallist, Maya Dharawal, makes a dramatic entrance (via parachute) to announce that she will compete in the Mud Run, and also run training camps for any woman who wants to take part “to shine the light of fairness on the equality of this competition”. April is outraged to learn that the prize for the men is five times that of the women.
Fin is determined to win the course design competition. Joe is under pressure to win the race from not just the reluctant sponsor (Mr Chelsea, the baker) but also the school and April, who wants him to split the prize money with the female competitor who comes first. And April finds herself tied to a vision impaired boy called Tom (both literally and figuratively).
And then, during the big race, the bank is robbed…
This is a fast paced book with fun characters and entertaining dialogue (especially from April - that girl has attitude to burn)! A very enjoyable MG read.
As the story begins, the three children, together with their father, are in hiding from a sinister organisation known as the Kolektiv, their mother is imprisoned in a secret European jail, their father has just proposed to Ingrid, the Swedish au pair from next door, and Ingrid and her charge, Loretta, are now moving in to their house.
This is a lot of drama for the small town of Currawong. But there’s more excitement to come when Brad Peddler from the Mad as Mud company (and ex-Currawong resident) announces the annual Mad Mud Mud Run. Not only is the usual $10,000 being offered for the first male across the line, but there’s also a competition to design the course itself.
As if that wasn’t enough, two-time Olympic silver medallist, Maya Dharawal, makes a dramatic entrance (via parachute) to announce that she will compete in the Mud Run, and also run training camps for any woman who wants to take part “to shine the light of fairness on the equality of this competition”. April is outraged to learn that the prize for the men is five times that of the women.
Fin is determined to win the course design competition. Joe is under pressure to win the race from not just the reluctant sponsor (Mr Chelsea, the baker) but also the school and April, who wants him to split the prize money with the female competitor who comes first. And April finds herself tied to a vision impaired boy called Tom (both literally and figuratively).
And then, during the big race, the bank is robbed…
This is a fast paced book with fun characters and entertaining dialogue (especially from April - that girl has attitude to burn)! A very enjoyable MG read.
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