Gangsta Granny
David Walliams
Published by HarperCollins
ISBN 978 00073714440
David Walliams is one of Britain's funniest TV comedians. He is also fast becoming a popular children's author. He has already sold more than a quarter of a million books in Britain alone.
His third novel, Gangsta Granny, is very funny. Walliams knows how to make youngsters laugh out loud. Adults might not like some of his jokes, but children will love them.
Eleven-year-old Ben really doesn't like his grandma. He finds her annoying and boring. She has white hair, false teeth and bad habits. All she wants to do is play Scrabble and make cabbage soup. Ben dreads Friday nights, when he has to stay with her.
Yet one day Ben finds a biscuit tin stuffed with jewels in his grandma's kitchen. So Granny reveals the truth about her secret life: she was once a famous jewel thief. And she wants to end her career in crime on a high: she wants to steal the crown jewels from the Tower of London.
And there you are.