My Mum the Pirate

CECIL'S MUM WEARS LONG BLACK BOOTS and an even longer sword, and she makes her enemies walk the plank. Putrid Perrival serves sea monster soup for dinner, when Cecil would rather eat pizza. Filthy Frederick stinks -- but hey, he's good at maths, and nobody's perfect! All Cecil wants is a normal life.

With parent-teacher night looming, Cecil is worried. Will his mum ruin Cecil's newly found street-cred as 'CJ'? But when flood waters strike and Bandicoot Flats Central School is in danger, who will save the students and teachers from the perils of the rising waters? And is Cecil's mum really a pirate?

The wacky talents of Jackie French and Stephen Michael King will delight younger readers as way out and wild adventures unfold in the Wacky Family series.