Head Kid

Head Kid
David Baddiel

Steven Lenton

From the million-copy bestselling author of THE PARENT AGENCY and BIRTHDAY BOY comes a wildly entertaining wish-fulfilment adventure that asks the question: what would happen if the strictest head teacher swapped bodies with the naughtiest kid in school?Strictest head ÷ naughtiest boy = chaos.Bracket Wood is about to be visited by the school inspectors. But there’s one big problem: Ryan Ward.The maestro of practical jokes, Ryan has played so many tricks that in the end the Head Teacher just walks out. And then the new Head Teacher, Mr Carter, arrives. A man so strict even the teachers are scared of him. So imagine his surprise – and Ryan’s – when they swap bodies.Now Ryan is Head Teacher – and his mortal enemy is one of his pupils. It’s every naughty kid’s dream!But soon Bracket Wood School is in a total mess – and only its worst ever pupil can fix it…

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Source ISBN: 9780008200527

Ebook Edition © September 2018 ISBN: 9780008200541

Version: 2018-08-21

To Enzo, for the idea

Contents

Cover (#u7f9d79a3-523a-597a-9eca-83e493e7ae37)

Title Page (#u96325f30-081f-5143-984b-0221435702c5)

Copyright (#ue0f665e5-582c-5332-8a24-d331c5da5896)

Dedication (#u18277d15-64b1-59df-b058-00c8fa5dd15b)

Part One: Old Head (#u194761d9-1743-54dd-bc19-340d71d648d7)

Chapter 1. Inadequate (#uf7fd6807-fb96-5088-a3f5-82c0baaafe7e)

Chapter 2. A Prince Among Pranksters (#ubba1e167-2cda-596d-a3a8-55e8d8f65df0)

Chapter 3. No Worries (#uf777e2d6-39f6-56b0-8b8a-d2422e9a1983)

Chapter 4. Empty Space (#uaf15e40f-0480-5ea6-9f8d-710ebc93aed8)

Chapter 5. What I Propose To Do (#ua5f3de74-0b84-592b-9d1d-c68d4def8441)

Part Two: New Head (#u5e32c6f3-c0e1-540d-9b0c-e87f31d5bd53)

Chapter 6. Idle Hands (#u5911d3e1-bf1e-543f-8251-0e4c08285a3f)

Chapter 7. I’m. Not. Rubbish. (#ub33262c2-90b4-552e-842e-5a9f258714e0)

Chapter 8. The Naughtiest Boy in the School (#u8d11e03b-7253-5eef-9bff-961328e178a9)

Chapter 9. Oakcroft (#u5ca6e496-d655-584d-bde1-97fc4ca0d526)

Chapter 10. Benny and Bjorn(ita) (#u844210c3-7089-5116-ae4e-523013ebbead)

Chapter 11. What Punishment? (#u15521d95-4995-5306-b6d5-d64eeb428cc7)

Chapter 12. Even More Frightening (#ud5bb87e0-901b-515b-b5a4-a0e090963001)

Chapter 13. Take Your Pants Back (#u350a420e-a9bf-5b23-b3cf-8ff62f9a9541)

Part Three: Changed Head (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14. Mr Bum Bum Bummington (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15. AAAAARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16. No, Yan! (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17. Ryan →← Mr Carter (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18. Small Amendment (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19. A Bracketwood Flashmob (#litres_trial_promo)