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My Uncle Wal the Werewolf
Author: Jackie French
Book Format: B Format Paperback
Pages: 115pp
ISBN: 0207200130
Price (Aust RRP): $11.95
Publication Date: 1 June 2005

If your after a childrens story that is full of wit, humour, and
adventure. Then this book could be for you. Jackie French, has
created memoriable characters in her latest installment for the
Wacky Families series.

It follows the adventures of Buster, a young werewolf, who is
searching for his missing mother and father. He cant do it alone, so
he hires a detective to help him locate his family.

Uncle Wal, now becomes leader of the pack, and everyone in the
family are not happy with this, as Uncle Wal wants them to be human
all the time and not in their wolf forms.

Through a series of events, rule breaking and threats of having a
bath, Buster sets off to find his parents.

French, uses simple words that encourge a childs imagination to grow
and for them to create their own imagery of the adventure told. Easy
reading and humour makes this book a great read.