Flember: The Secret Book

Flember #1

by Jamie Smart

A MYSTERIOUS island!
A strange and mystical power called FLEMBER!
A boy-inventor called DEV, who uncovers a long-forgotten secret…
And a GIANT RED ROBOT BEAR!!
The sleepy village of EDEN is about to descend into HILARIOUS CHAOS. Can disastrous Dev save his brand-new best friend?

Written and illustrated by Jamie Smart.

Genres: Fiction, Childrens

356 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2019

About the author

Jamie Smart is an internationally renowned writer, speaker, coach and consultant. He shows individuals and organizations the unexpected keys to clarity; the ultimate leverage point for creating more time, better decisions and meaningful results.

Jamie is a gifted speaker, equally engaging in front of large audiences and more intimate groups. He’s passionate about helping individuals and businesses to deepen their understanding of CLARITY® and to create the results that matter to them. In addition to working with a handful of coaching clients and leading selected corporate programmes, Jamie runs professional development workshops for business leaders, trainers, coaches and consultants. He has appeared on Sky TV and on the BBC, as well as in numerous publications including The Daily Telegraph.

In 2003, Jamie started the company Salad, quickly growing a tribe of over 80,000 people who devoured his articles and personal development products. Salad soon became the world’s leading NLP product business, and he was acknowledged by his peers as one of the world’s finest trainers. Then, in 2008, Jamie shifted his focus to a new paradigm, the principles of CLARITY®. He stopped teaching NLP and in 2012, sold Salad. Prior to starting his own business, Jamie led multi-million pound organizational change programmes and was also brought in as a troubleshooter to rescue struggling projects. His client list includes the Guardian newspaper, Sweet & Maxwell, Payzone and Dun & Bradstreet.

Jamie lives in London. When he’s not working, he loves travelling, walking, drinking coffee and exploring. For more details about Jamie’s corporate and professional development services, as well as full contact details, see the previous CLARITY® section.

Reviews

[Selina McClure · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's brilliant. (according to my 8 year old). Jamie Smart is officially the best author ever. He's like Bunny vs Monkey and Looshkin as well. It's very funny and silly. He can't wait until the next book.

[Sean Potter · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing book with good characters a good story. An amazing start of a wonderful book series. They had a mix of jokes and sad moments. And the ending was a great set up for the other 3 books that right now have been written. I like the pages that act like blueprints to Devs inventions. Also the ending was the best way to set dev and bona and devs brother on their amazing adventure.

[Carly · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 8 year old daughter and I read this book and absolutely loved it from start to finish. Many nights of reading past bedtime and then talking about the plot even later! It made us laugh a lot, it made us worry/feel sad for bits and it made us very happy at the end. Lots of great talking points and we have happy memories of sharing our ideas. We still have questions and can’t wait to see if they are answered/expanded on in book two. Would thoroughly recommend.

[Linsey May · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son is a huge fans of Bunny vs Monkey, Looshkin and now Hero Slam (Phoenix comic) so I’m glad that I was able to finally talk him into Flember.
He was put off by “too many words” and lack of colour illustrations but I’ve read it to him over a series of bedtimes and he’s really gotten into it. There’s just enough illustration in it to keep him invested.

The characters are fun and the story is based around a semi-scientific idea that there’s a finite amount of energy (or Flember) in the universe and for every new life something else must end. Circle of life, if you will.

Excited to read book 2 and see where this goes, it still has some of the silliness of Jamie Smart’s comic strips which my son loves, but with a sentimentality too

[Paul Firth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bought for my 6yo's birthday last year as he's a big fan of Bunny vs Monkey and Looshkin.

Perhaps a little pre-emptive as it took a while for us to get round to reading it but when we did the ultimate seal of approval "one more chapter?" crept into bedtime when I was reading it to him, signalling that he was well and truly hooked.

Flember is a wonderful book, full of the inventive silliness you'd expect from Jamie Smart, but with a fantastic story at its heart and great illustrations throughout. Waiting for book 2 now!

[Rakie Keig · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's not quite as funny or frantic as BEAR or LOOSHKIN (Jamie Smart sets himself a very high bar, tbf) but it's a solid, enjoyable adventure story with enough madcap inventions, waffle-eating, and fart jokes to appeal to all ages.

[Jane · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am going against the grain here to say we didn’t love it. I thought the writing was beautiful in parts but my son (8 years old) couldn’t get into it when I was reading it to him so we didn’t finish it.

[Tim Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

The nonstop action is too much for my tired old bones.

[William A. Heelis]

Great

[Tas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book and the illustrations were super cute too. I would so love to see a movie or animation of it one day.

[Aubrey Murmouth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it! Very fun and enchanting read.

[Freddie Fielder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good

[Year 5]

Already read but it was super good

[Katy · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 8 year old son loves Jamie smart and has done for years. This is our first novel by him and we’ve enjoyed it a lot.