Posh Watson

by Gillian Cross, Mike Gordon (Illustrator)

Will shorts be glazzed-out tomorrow? Are trumpet trainers just for bondos? What's whirrabubble next? Ask Posh Watson! Before he arrives, Crumble Lane School is so dull that the spiders on the ceilings yawn. The school uniform is grey, the classrooms cold and bare and the teachers as dull as dust. The only happy person there is Natalie, who spends all her time doing what she loves best, which is Maths. But then, enter Posh Watson, with his purple jacket, giant sunglasses, pink musical trainers, saying things like "abso-doodle-utely" and "hoo-doodle-ray". And, before you can say "fan-doodle-tastic", everyone is copying him - except Natalie, who thinks the whole school has gone mad.

Paperback

First published October 1, 1995

About the author

Gillian Cross was born Gillian Arnold in 1945. She was educated at North London Collegiate School, Somerville College, Oxford and the University of Sussex. Although now a full-time writer who often travels and gives talks in connection with her work, she has had a number of informal jobs including being an assistant to a Member of Parliament. For eight years she also sat on the committee which advises ministers about public libraries.

She is married to Martin Cross and they have four grown-up children, two sons and two daughters.

Reviews

[Matthew Eyre · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was down the back of my class bookcase, a bit dog-eared but I dusted it off and re-read A new kid comes to a school and gets the better of all the teachers, trouble makers- even the dinner ladies That last it proves it's fiction LOL

[xX♥..annakinz..♥Xx · Rating 1 out of 5]

I give it 2/10 because The book was silly and pointless. The beginning didn't link with the end, and thats what all books should maintian.

[Mahek Hussain]

Cool book...especially for children