To celebrate here are
SIX SENSATIONAL MISCHIEF MAKERS
FROM PETE’S BOOKS

‘I think I’ve arrived somewhere weird. Started at my new school today I was met by this moth-eaten old geezer who said he was the headmaster. He’s about a hundred and eight, has one huge eyebrow and spits a lot. Had to wipe my face down after he’d gone. I was soaked through.

He told me a few times how lucky I was to come to his school as he kept getting my name wrong. It’s Louis, pronounced Lou-ee not as he said it, Lewis. But I didn’t say anything. I was a bit scared of that that eyebrow!’

‘Normally they’d have brought the sales agent in here,’ Maddy hissed. ‘But today they didn’t dare.’ The room looked perfectly normal until a huge gust of whiffiness blasted right through the room. ’Eeer,’ I began.

Maddy giggled, ‘What do you think it is?’

‘Well, I said, ‘it reminds me of when I was on this train and I thought the man in the seat behind me was doing the smelliest farts ever. It was truly disgusting. But it turned out he was stuffing his face with Scotch eggs. But actually I’d say that stink is even worse.’

Daniel only wanted to scare big-headed, annoying Aaron. But somehow the bloodthirsty monster Daniel conjured up with his imagination escapes and becomes REAL …

The first time I only saw its face.
Out of the darkness it came floating towards me.
It had evil, red eyes.
Blood poured out of its mouth.
It was the ugliest, most horrible thing I had ever seen.
And I’d brought it to life.

I thought it was only mad scientists in stories who could create monsters. Not ten year old boys like me, Daniel Grant. I’m still not sure. I certainly never meant it to appear at my spooky party.

Have  you got an annoying brother or sister? Jamie certainly has. But he didn’t mean to turn his brother into a blue bottle. As he had no idea his cape was magic. But it was and then ...

‘I rushed back to my bedroom. And the bluebottle came too. I gaped at it, horrified yet excited too. I’d wished for my brother to be a bluebottle and somehow the wish had come true. It must be the cape. It really was magic. This was totally incredible. I couldn’t wait to tell Reema. The smile on my face just grew and grew. I was very happy  But the bluebottle wasn’t. He was buzzing furiously round and round my head. Only my brother could make that much noise...’

What would  you do if  you were mistaken for a very famous – but mysterious – star. Ben can’t help enjoying it at first, especially when he finds a group of fans outside his house one night . . .

‘You’re on a mouse mat as well, aren’t you?’ said one girl.
‘Yes I am,’ I said with a proud grin.
‘I’d love to have my face on a mouse mat said Rosie. It would be such an honour.’
‘And you painted a picture for charity, didn’t you?’ said another girl.
‘Er two pictures actually,’ I said. I knew more about Ben Moore than his own mum by now.

It was sort of fun signing the autographs and listening to them tell me how great I was. But after a while I sent them home.
‘Please don’t tell anyone else I said, ‘I just want to forget my days as a top star now.’
Back inside Mum said. ‘It was like your fan club out there.’
‘Yeah, I do seam to have become a bit popular, don’t I?’

Lara is the school’s biggest rebel and Dominic has hardly ever spoken to her – until one incredible day . . .

Lara jumped to her feet. ‘See you.’
Dominic looked at her in surprise. ‘Where are  you going?’
‘Escaping,’ she said.
‘You;’re walking out of school?’Dominic was shocked.
‘Of course.’ Lara looked at him like he was a bit soft in the head. ‘Come too if you like.’
Dominic was so shocked he couldn’t speak at first … ‘But what will we do?’
‘Just chill,’ Lara said.
‘This is like a dream,’Dominic thought.  ‘The hottest girl in his class – in the universe – was offering to chill with him. Nerd Boy.’

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