Title: Louis Beside Himself
Description: When a burglar jumps through the kitchen window one night, Louis knows he should get him in a wrestling-hold while he has the advantage, but his heart is hammering and his legs feel like wobbly air. Louis's best mates, Singo and Hassan, are into basketball and skateboarding, and his dad is into arm-wrestling. Dad wants to build Louis up with wrestling moves like the Walls of Jericho or the Five Star Frog Splash, but Louis is better at flexing words than flexing his muscles. This summer Louis is put to the test, starting with the phenomenon of the broken mirror, leading to the paralysing burglar incident, and finally the night when he comes face to face with peril.
Subjects: Humorous stories, Vocabulary, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Burglars, Courage, Children's stories, Friendship, Child and youth fiction