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  • Published: 9 July 2009
  • ISBN: 9780142412923
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $19.99

The Big One-Oh




Charley Maplewood has never been one for parties? that would require friends, which he doesn?t have. But now that he?s turning ten?the big oneoh? he decides to throw a birthday party for himself. Of course things don?t work out as he plans. In trying to make friends, he ends up inviting the class bully, and that?s before he ruins the cake and sets the garage on fire. Will Charley be able to pull it together before the big one-oh . . . becomes the big OH-NO?

  • Published: 9 July 2009
  • ISBN: 9780142412923
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Dean Pitchford

Dean Pitchford is the author of the highly acclaimed Captain Nobody, The Big One-Oh, and Nickel Bay Nick. He began his career as an actor on and off Broadway (Godspell, Pippin) before turning to songwriting (“Fame,” “All the Man That I Need”), screenwriting (Footloose, Sing), and directing (HBO’s “Blood Brothers”). He has been nominated for four Oscars (winning Best Song for “Fame”), two Tonys, and seven Grammy Awards. His songs—many of them top-ten hits—have sold over 70 million records.
 
Visit Dean at:
www.deanpitchford.com
www.thebigoneoh.com
www.captainnobody.com

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