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Nathalia Buttface and the Embarrassing Camp Catastrophe
Text copyright © Nigel Smith, 2016
Illustrations copyright © Sarah Horne, 2016
Cover illustration © Sarah Horne
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Source ISBN: 9780008167127
Ebook Edition © 2016 ISBN: 9780008167134
Version: 2016-07-07
To all the children who continue to share their embarrassing dad stories with me, especially their embarrassing names. To all the poor Milly Moo-Cows, the Katie Potatoes and the Tommy Blueberrys. To the Piglets, the Widgets, the Teabags.
Thank you for sharing, thank you for making me laugh, thank you for giving me stories I can totally nick.
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“And the winner is… Darius Bagley!”
THE Darius Bagley?
There was a stunned silence as the Head read out the shocking result to the whole school at assembly. It didn’t just shock the school; it shocked her too.
The Head frowned and rubbed her glasses, peering at the envelope she had just opened. She must have read it wrong. But no – there it was in black and white.
Darius Bagley a winner? In an essay-writing competition?
“Essays? I didn’t even know he could write,” Miss Eyre whispered nastily to her equally nasty pal Miss Austen, standing at the back of the hall. She made sure that she whispered it just loud enough for everyone to hear.
“He