The Last Word

by Ben Bailey Smith

A HILARIOUS WORLD BOOK DAY EXCLUSIVE
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Car Taylor, comedic star of Something I Said , is back in another hilarious misadventure from comedian, actor and screenwriter Ben Bailey Smith. Perfect for fans of David Baddiel and Frank Cottrell-Boyce.

Carmichael Taylor - Car for short - is just a normal schoolkid with an answer for everything. But life's not always about having the last word, as the wisecracking Car discovers when he accidentally lands his supply teacher in a whole host of trouble. So begins one boy's mission to make things right - with a whole lot of laughter along the way.

81 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Ben Bailey Smith is a U.K.-based rapper (known as Doc Brown), an actor on the British edition of Law & Order and the British kids’ show 4 O’Clock Club, and a stand-up comedian. Now he adds a new facet to his career: children’s-book author. He lives in London.

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read with my 8 year old, review given by him.. “Maybe written for someone a little older than 8. I didn’t understand some parts at the beginning but I enjoyed the rest of the book. A nice short read. It was quite funny.”

[FeedMyReads · Rating 5 out of 5]

When a supply teacher turns up to his school Carmichael Taylor, known as Car for short, decides it is too much of an opportunity to mess with him and see how far he can be pushed but when the rest of the class join in and cause serious trouble for the supply teacher it will be down to Car to decide how much responsibility he has for it as the entire class did get detention meaning he was just a small part of it all really.

This book is beautifully written, has a real charm about it and a story that worked well and delivered on a read that is one of the best I have seen in a children's book for a long time and so is a book I highly recommend.

[Mrs Walsh · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve been looking at this author for a while and took the opportunity to sample a small piece of his work. I’m not sure it’s convinced me to rush out and buy any more of his books….

[Helen Marsden · Rating 4 out of 5]

nice short read, seems a good writer

[Samuel · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good class reader for a mixed-ability Year 7 class. Provides plenty of opportunities for tasks on etymology, learning new vocabulary and songwriting.

[Haleemah Farooq]

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