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 16 Aug 2007, 18:17 #20429 Reply To Post
Title : I hate baked beans

Author : Ian Sanday

Genre : Adventure, Children's Fiction, Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis
John hates baked beans, so when Eddy starts packing tins into their 'spaceship', he's worried. The spaceship is almost ready and Eddy's determined to launch it to escape his miserable life. John goes along with the 'game', but when he pushes the red button, the spaceship actually takes off!

Review By: Tabby

"I hate baked beans

Hi Ian
What a cracking read, pitch-perfect in my opinion for the 7-10 year old age group ...

Fundamentally, I can't fault this - I think your characters are engaging and the story is fun. I think it has so many elements that kids will love ... Eccentric, gadget building parents, weird and wonderful inventions, mad ideas and things we'd all like ...

A kids book shouldn't be overly long - I'd aim for approx. 75,000 words. I was told this by a Literary consultancy who deals with kids books - at 90,000 words I was told mine was too long and mine's for older readers.
Something for you to think about I hope ..."
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