Socks Are Not Enough

by Mark Lowery

Things are not going well for Michael Swarbrick and he doesn't want to talk about it. His parents have become nudists, his hateful older brother is going out with none other than Lucy King and now he's expected to go to counselling sessions with 'Chas', an 80s has-been, to relive all the horrible events which brought him here in the first place. Can it possibly get any worse...?

This is a hilarious and entertaining story right from the start. Older children will identify with Michael's cringing embarrassment as he is encouraged to deal with his feelings by 'chatting with Chas'. Michael's descriptions of people and his interpretation of events are laugh-out loud funny. A hugely enjoyable read.

Publisher: Scholastic

Mark Lowery

Mark Lowery is a 32-year-old father of two young children. He lives in Cambridgeshire with his girlfriend. The youngest of four, Mark was born in North Wales and grew up in Preston, Lancs. He is a primary school teacher and has worked at schools in Leeds, Ipswich and Padova in Italy. He currently teaches part-time in Cambridge.

In 2005-06, he studied for a Master’s Degree in Writing for Children at the University of Winchester. It was during this course that he first came up with the idea for Socks Are Not Enough, which is his first novel.