Body-Hopping Hysterics: Hilarious, Action-Packed Short Stories for 8 to 12-year-olds

by Tom E. Moffatt, Paul Beavis (Illustrations)

Not all superpowers are a good thing. Especially NOT if your mum has them. Or if they're fuelled by embarrassment. And what if you can't find your way back home?

Jump out of your skin with these hilarious short stories by award-winning author, Tom E. Moffatt. But don't leave your body unattended for long!



Seven Mind-Blowing Short Stories:

Blush - A body-hopping creature that feeds on embarrassment is about to come face-to-face with its greatest fear... a dog!

Empathy Pills - Mischievous Alex finds out what it's like to be on the receiving end of his nasty pranks.

Soul Control - Layla loves hopping into schoolmates' bodies during lunch... until she nearly gets kidnapped in another kid's body.

Smothered - Darren's mum is a master body-hopper. The problem is, she is way too overprotective.

Off Side - Ricky will soon find out why his dad won't let him jack into a professional football match. But by then it will be too late.

Another Dimension - When Alice accidentally transports herself to another dimension, she discovers that returning home is not quite so easy.

Blush Again - Now a dog, Blush is about to discover what happens if he gets too much embarrassment.

Genres: Middle Grade

268 pages, Paperback

Published April 30, 2019

About the author

Tom E. Moffatt writes humorous stories and jokes for kids, but if you spotted him walking around town you wouldn’t know it. To the untrained eye, he looks like a normal 40-something father of three young girls. You know … with a glittery school bag slung over his shoulder and nail polish on his fingers.

Reviews

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book of short stories, with great illustrations by Paul Beavis, is absolutely brilliant. I love how creative the author is in his different variations on body swapping, and the short length of each story make them perfect for bedtime, school reading, and for grownups to read while eating and commuting. And yes, while this may be a kids book, I can definitely recommend it as a fun read for grownups too! I'm looking forward to more stories like this from the author in future.
NB I received a complimentary copy of this book, but I always give an HONEST review based wholly on my own opinions

[Cris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Body Hopping (2)

This is a book of short stories about body hopping. Sometimes you are a child hopping from body to body, sometimes you accidentally hop into a dog! Some of the stories are cute, some are heroic, some are just crazy!

[Jerry King · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun for everyone

This book had me in stitches. I enjoy the idea of body swapping, like in freaky friday, but Tom takes it so much farther than that. I would say he is the Douglas Adams of body swap stories.

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hysterics? Not really. Weird.

[Elizabeth Edwards · Rating 4 out of 5]

so funny, i just wish the illustrations were a bit bigger within the kindle version??!

[Alison West · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of Fun!

Excellent short stories! Kept my 8 Year old entertained. Laughs and giggles. Opened up some great conversations, too. Thanks for writing these.

[Debbie Benson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I received this book as part of an ARC review. From the title I expected humor in the book but I couldn't find any. I can see that the author made an effort and that the writing itself was good. However overall I found the book disappointing.