The third-class genie
By: by Robert Leeson
Contributors: Ford, Jason
Edition: Updated ed. / illustrated by Jason Ford.
Series: Collins modern classics
Publisher: Collins
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780006754824
Subjects: Boys; Juvenile fiction; Jinn
Description: Alec's world changes when he meets Abu the genie! Disasters were leading two-nil on Alec's disaster-triumph scorecard when he slipped into the vacant factory lot, with Ginger Wallace hot on his heels, ready to destroy him. There was a catastrophe awaiting him at home too, and of course school was yet another disaster area. But his luck seemed to be changing when he discovered a sealed beer can that was obviously empty. Stranger still, when he held it up to his ear, he could hear a faint snoring ...
Notes: Previous edition: 1975.