There’s something weird going on at Penny Bridge School. Kids are asking for extra homework, demanding to stay in at break time to solve maths problems, and running their own spelling tests over lunch. It’s unnatural!

Two pupils set out to discover the cause of this very odd behaviour, and the trail leads them into the school canteen…

Tommy Donbavand’s Funny Shorts is a series of 4,000-word colour illustrated, chapter-based readers, which are perfect for bridging the gap between first chapter books and independent reading.

Published by Franklin Watts EDGE, using off-white paper and a font recommended by the British Dyslexia Association.

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Hilarious ... designed to get kids reading with confidence

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Tommy Donbavand

Tommy Donbavand is the author of the 13-book Scream Street series, published in over a dozen languages worldwide. He has also written several titles for reluctant and struggling readers, including Zombie!, Wolf, Virus and Uniform – which won the 2011 Hackney Short Novel Award.