Assertion Training Series

by Terry Deary

352 pages, Audio Cassette

Published December 17, 2005

About the author

A former actor, theatre-director and drama teacher, Deary says he began writing when he was 29. Most famously, he is one of the authors of the Horrible Histories series of books popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and humorous pictures and among adults for getting children interested in history. Books in the series have been widely translated into other languages and imitated.

A cartoon series has been made of the series of books and was shown on CiTV for a period in 2002.

The first series of a live-action comedy sketch show of the same name was shown on CBBC in 2009 and a second series is due.

Terry is also known widely throughout children and adult reading groups alike for his True Stories series (see below for series list).

He received an Honorary Doctorate of Education from the University of Sunderland in 2000. His numerous accolades also include the Blue Peter "Best Nonfiction Author of the Century" Award in the U.K.

-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Ace Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

oh I loved this book. john Marsden is one of my favorite authors and while I love the first fleet I didn't know much about the third. There are enough similarities and enough detail that it was enjoyable.

[Davie Marshall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Felt a little distracted in places. Certainly an interesting take on the detective drama, a Massai as a police officer. Just not too gripping in the plot department. Memorable characters, forgettable escapades sadly.