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Stunt Kid Seriously Stacks It!
Levi is pretty sick of starring in Dad's stupid TV show, Kid Kablam. Because Levi is the kid who gets Kablammed.
So far he's been knocked down, blown up, and attacked by wild animals. And Dad has one more scene planned - the most dangerous stunt so far.
Can Levi survive this final stunt without seriously stacking it?
So far he's been knocked down, blown up, and attacked by wild animals. And Dad has one more scene planned - the most dangerous stunt so far.
Can Levi survive this final stunt without seriously stacking it?
324 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2021
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Jack Heath
67 books838 followersJack Heath wrote his debut novel, The Lab, in secondary school and sent it to a publisher at age seventeen. He's now the award-winning author of forty novels for adults and children, including the international bestsellers Hangman, The Wife Swap and 300 Minutes of Danger. His books have been translated into ten languages, optioned for TV and adapted for film. He lives on Ngunnawal/Ngambri country in Canberra, Australia, with his wife, their children, several chickens, a few fish and a possum named Oreo.
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May 25, 2021
Levi’s father is trying to kill him! Well, not really, but that’s what it feels like to Levi most of the time. Levi’s dad is mad keen to make movies like his favourite movie star, Joe Dangerfield. All the Dangerfield movies had death defying stunts with cars, animals, hot coals and all manner of frightening moments on screen.
Levi is the reluctant star in his dad’s new movie, but is too nice to tell his dad that he is completely bonkers. In fact the entire town where they live – Mount Cabbage, is famous for and especially welcoming to creative types and free thinkers. This can be dangerous, as Levi knows too well.
Even since his mum left “…for some space…” Dad’s desire to work with Levi on his new film is all encompassing. (Dad wasn’t really listening to his wife, as usual, and thinks she has gone to Mars.)
An upcoming stunt is worrying Levi the most. Leaping a car across a pit full of metal spikes is a step too far in his opinion but he’s not sure how to tell Dad.
This is where his best friend Maya comes in. It does help that she is an evil genius, a budding supervillain, and a girl with severe burglarising tendencies. She has a plan for Levi to avoid being impaled which is brilliant – except for when it goes horribly sideways. Levi is now in more strife than ever!
This story about a reluctant stunt star with a habit of alphabetising everything, avoiding telling his dad the truth, and preventing his best friend from performing lethal plots, is zany, crazy, and slapstick funny.
Mount Cabbage is a town filled with oddballs including an ex movie star hiding from something in his past, an artist who believes her sculptures are rapturous (NOT), and a school librarian acting like a spy. Law and order comes in the shape of Detective Foo – an over-the-top-cop with a talking horse. Told you it was nuts!
Jam packed with hilarious illustrations, Stunt Kid Seriously Stacks It! is the first in a series by talented Australian Author Jack Heath. Whether writing for adults or children, Heath captures his readers every time.
Levi is the reluctant star in his dad’s new movie, but is too nice to tell his dad that he is completely bonkers. In fact the entire town where they live – Mount Cabbage, is famous for and especially welcoming to creative types and free thinkers. This can be dangerous, as Levi knows too well.
Even since his mum left “…for some space…” Dad’s desire to work with Levi on his new film is all encompassing. (Dad wasn’t really listening to his wife, as usual, and thinks she has gone to Mars.)
An upcoming stunt is worrying Levi the most. Leaping a car across a pit full of metal spikes is a step too far in his opinion but he’s not sure how to tell Dad.
This is where his best friend Maya comes in. It does help that she is an evil genius, a budding supervillain, and a girl with severe burglarising tendencies. She has a plan for Levi to avoid being impaled which is brilliant – except for when it goes horribly sideways. Levi is now in more strife than ever!
This story about a reluctant stunt star with a habit of alphabetising everything, avoiding telling his dad the truth, and preventing his best friend from performing lethal plots, is zany, crazy, and slapstick funny.
Mount Cabbage is a town filled with oddballs including an ex movie star hiding from something in his past, an artist who believes her sculptures are rapturous (NOT), and a school librarian acting like a spy. Law and order comes in the shape of Detective Foo – an over-the-top-cop with a talking horse. Told you it was nuts!
Jam packed with hilarious illustrations, Stunt Kid Seriously Stacks It! is the first in a series by talented Australian Author Jack Heath. Whether writing for adults or children, Heath captures his readers every time.
April 19, 2021
Pretty good book.
November 17, 2022
Lots of lighthearted fun, good for the young kids (and I enjoyed it too). It can be a bit silly and far-fetched with Levi almost being killed as his Dad introduces him to the stunt world, but the over-the-top-ness of it is what I think appeals.
There are some great funny bits - I usually think something in a book is really good if I am bursting to share it with someone and I had to stop and read a few jokes here to someone else because I really loved them, which is a good sign.
It doesn't stay with me the way some of Jack's other books have but it was a really fun experience while I read it. The pictures work very well with the text to create those scenes of madness and absurd mischief.
There are some great funny bits - I usually think something in a book is really good if I am bursting to share it with someone and I had to stop and read a few jokes here to someone else because I really loved them, which is a good sign.
It doesn't stay with me the way some of Jack's other books have but it was a really fun experience while I read it. The pictures work very well with the text to create those scenes of madness and absurd mischief.
March 13, 2021
Love reading Jack's work as it is perfect for reluctant readers in primary school. He always includes an element of "is that really possible?" in his adventure books, and this one certainly includes it. This is very different from his normal style, with much more slapstick humour and great use of puns. Clever use of language for those who read closely. The character names and chapter names are cleverly woven in also ... eg "Going Posteral", as a pun with going viral.
Will definitely be a winner in the humour genre.
Will definitely be a winner in the humour genre.
June 20, 2024
Jack Heath is probably and new fave author (one of them anyway). Fun, adventurous story. A good challenge for Mr 9 to read which he also liked.
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