Forever daydreaming - that's Dev. Sitting in class or watching the clouds from the roof of Kwality Carpets; he floats off to places all over the world and has wonderful; bizarre adventures. Read the fantasies of Daydreamer Dev as he steps into worlds where the totally incredible become totally credible- and more than a little hilarious . . . Pht-pht-pht go the fans in the classroom. Chka-chka-chka go the helicopter's blades above Dev's head. . . Light snow falls. A cluster of tents is abuzz with satellite phones; as journalists rush back and forth. It's base camp at the foot of Mount Everest - and for Dev the summit awaits! Joined by the ghost of a Sherpa woman and armed with only a chocolate bar; Dev tests his wits against the world's highest mountain. To reach those dizzy heights; he will need to survive an avalanche; brave a blizzard and pass through the Valley of Silence. Will Dev go all the way? And will he get back in time to avoid trouble?
Ken Spillman grew up in Perth and has been a full-time professional writer for most of his adult life. He is the author of 20 books including Blue and Love is a UFO, both acclaimed novels for teenagers. He co-authored Magpie Mischief and Magwheel Mayhem, and is also the author of the forthcoming title Jake’s Gigantic List (for early readers). During 2008, Ken was a keynote speaker at the Asian Children’s Writers and Illustrators Conference and a guest of the Tasmanian Writers Centre, the Mussoorie International Writers’ Festival, and the Delhi Children’s Literature Festival. He was a keynote speaker at a conference on multiliteracies in Singapore earlier this year. Ken has compiled five collections of writing, and the major US reference work Contemporary Authors has compiled a detailed entry on his career.