The Bare Bum Gang and the Football Face Off

by Anthony McGowan

As everyone knows, a gang's den is sacred no matter how dirty, dark or smelly it may be so when the Bare Bum Gang's den is at risk they will do anything they can to save it.

The Bare Bum Gang will lose their den to their number one enemies unless they can beat them at football. This seems about as likely as pigs flying until a certain Jennifer Eccles steps into the breach.

Short chapters and pen and ink illustrations make this an ideal 'read alone' for recently fluent young readers. It is a witty and delightfully non PC account of how to deal with girls and bullies, featuring the medical applications of wee and how to build a den, Smarties-tube fart bombs and dog poo traps.

Publisher: Red Fox

Anthony McGowan

Anthony McGowan was born in Manchester in 1965. He went to school in Leeds. He has an M.Phil in philosophy and a PhD on the history of the concept of beauty. He has worked as a nightclub bouncer, civil servant, and Open University tutor in philosophy. He now lives in London. He is married to the fashion designer and novelist Rebecca Campbell. They have two children.

His debut thriller, Stag Hunt, was published in 2005 and a sequel, Mortal Coil, came out in 2005. In the same year, Random House published Hellbent, his first novel for teenagers, and a second young-adult book, Henry Tumour was published in 2006. Henry Tumour won the Booktrust Teenage prize, the 2007 Catalyst Award, and has been shortlisted for several major awards.

http://anthonymcgowan.com/