Find a book
Donate
book cover

Buried Alive!

by Jacqueline Wilson, illustrated by Nick Sharratt and Sue Heap

Interest age: 8+
Reading age: 8+

Published by Random House, 2009

  • Adventure
  • Classics
  • Diaries and journals

About this book

In this hugely enjoyable sequel to Cliffhanger, only child Tim and his fun friend Biscuits join Tim's rather strait-laced parents for a holiday in Wales.

Everything goes well until until two bullies, known as Prickle-Head and Pinch-Face, decide to spoil the boys' fun. Hand-written entries from Tim and Biscuits' diaries open each chapter, charting the mounting tension as their relaxing holiday turns into a lively adventure, and Tim tries to avoid the bullies, cope with his over-protective mum, and keep the peace between his girlfriend - the extrovert Kelly - and Biscuits.

This humorous tale sensitively highlights issues such as friendship and bullying.

About the author

Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, and spent her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, where she still lives today. She started her writing career as a teenage journalist with D.C. Thompson, writing for the teenage magazine Jackie which was named after her. Today her popular books for children have sold millions of copies and have been translated into more than thirty languages.

Jacqueline's books include The Story of Tracy Beaker, which has become a hugely successful BBC TV series; Girls in Love, which together with its two sequels was filmed for ITV television; and Double Act, which she adapted for Channel 4 and which won the Royal TV Society's Best Children's Fiction Award. As the fourth Children's Laureate (2005-2007) she promoted the importance of sharing books, and reading aloud together.

More books like this

Explore our Bookfinder
Share this page Twitter Facebook LinkedIn