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Life of Riley: Beginner's Luck

By: Simon James Green
Narrated by: Chris Devon
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About this listen

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?

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I liked the part where they were on the water slide when Brandon went down.

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This book is hilarious and I Will recommend this book for travel or a bedtime story.

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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

Life of Riley rulessssss

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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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This book was brilliant, but they were a bit negative about cabbage and lettuce. D :

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