Charlie #4: Charlie and the Rocket Boy Award-winning author by Hilary McKay (author)

There’s a new boy in Charlie’s class. Zachary says his dad is away on a rocket, flying to a star, but Charlie knows better. Zachary is a liar, pants on fire! Or is he? From Whitbread-winning author Hilary McKay, this is the fourth brilliantly funny and well-observed story starring a cheeky but well-intentioned hero: the irrepressible Charlie.

Product Details

Series

Charlie (book 4)

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781407103532

Date published

January 7th, 2008

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.5; Lower years; 1.0 points

Other details

80 pages

Condition

New

Part of this Series

Charlie

Author/Illustrator

Hilary McKay

Hilary McKay was born in Boston, Lincolnshire and is the eldest of four girls. From a very early age she read voraciously and grew up in a household of readers. Hilary says of herself as a child “I anaesthetised myself against the big bad world with large doses of literature. The local library was as familiar to me as my own home.”

After reading Botany and Zoology at St. Andrew’s University Hilary then went on to work as a biochemist in an Analysis Department. Hilary enjoyed the work but at the same time had a burning desire to write. After the birth of her two children, Hilary wanted to devote more time to bringing up her children and writing so decided to leave her job.

One of the best things about being a writer, says Hilary, is receiving letters from children. She wishes that she had written to authors as a child, but it never occurred to her to contact them!

Hilary has written many books but is probably best known for the award-winning Casson family series.

Hilary now lives in a small village in Derbyshire with her family. When not writing Hilary loves walking, reading, and having friends to stay.