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  • Life of Riley

  • Beginner's Luck
  • By: Simon James Green
  • Narrated by: Chris Devon
  • Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (18 ratings)

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Life of Riley

By: Simon James Green
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Summary

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Award!

Utterly hilarious middle-grade novel from Simon James Green about a ridiculous amount of bad luck and one boy’s quest to get rid of it.

After a traumatic run-in with the fortune teller from a visiting funfair - thanks to an unfortunately timed sneeze - Riley finds himself cursed.

Life as he knows it quickly becomes a catalogue of disasters - from wetting himself onstage during the school show, accidentally supergluing himself to his classmates and ruining the school football team’s sponsorship deal, to flooding his house and losing class four’s pet rabbit - Riley knows the bad luck is out to get him.

Enter new kid: Brad Chicago. He’s super-cool, well-groomed and stylish, with an excellent stationery collection. And for some reason he wants to be Riley’s friend. Can Riley get rid of the curse before Brad discovers he’s a walking disaster?

©2020 Simon James Green (P)2021 W F Howes
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life of riley

i absolutely love this book and would recommend for any age, this is an amazing story filled with laughter, friendship and balance. 100% recommend!

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Life of Riley rulessssss

Amazing I love all the books by Simon James Green Love it all write a sequel pls and if u do put it in the plus catalog

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Loved it! 😍

Amazing story, funny but good to go to sleep to. Awesome for any scenario and would highly recommend to all ages. Great if you love a funny book.

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