Adam Wins the Internet

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Our St Patrick's Day booklist featuring titles about or set in the Emerald Isle features a range of books - from tales of time travel, magic, witches, natural disasters and mythical worlds to funny books about contemporary Ireland and short stories too. As Adam starts accumulating more and more subscribers to his new video channel, his popularity starts to get out of control.

He co-presented the CBBC show The Dog Ate My Homework and, in September 2020, he became the 40th presenter of Blue Peter. Polly Crosby tells ReadingZone about her novel, This Tale is Forbidden (Scholastic), a fractured fairy tale set in a dystopian world.

There’s nothing thirteen-year-old Adam wants more than to become a successful YouTuber, but it has always seemed impossible. A superbly funny debut comedy story … A wonderful read, full of fun but, above all, heart and a clear message to not give up on your dreams.

Bursting with zany characters, comic strip illustrations and fact files on real artists, this hilarious tale is hugely entertaining.The cover is really eye-catching and I can see lots of children being drawn to this on my bookshelf. Adam's unlikely dream of becoming a Youtube sensation becomes a miraculous reality - but holding onto fame and fortune is not that easy in the pacey and fun-filled children's debut from the Blue Peter presenter and online star. But fame and fortune can’t last forever, and Adam finds himself in a race against time to remember what’s truly important. This is a touchingly human story, tremendously funny, glittering with authenticity and a wonderful thing to connect with - Tesse, NetGalley reviewer You may also be interested in. As if by magic, Adam is thrown into a world of FAME, FORTUNE and hotels with really, really, really FANCY TVs!