As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children's Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children's Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. Biscuits didn't look as if he minded too much either. He was cheerfully chomping up his third sausage. 'We'll go for a little drive, eh?' said Dad. Yes, let's see if we can find a proper shopping centre,' said Mum. 'I was thinking of a scenic country tour,' said Dad. Mum sighed. So we toured the country. And it was very scenic. And very wet. We saw grey sky and grey mountains and grey sea. Biscuits and I got fed up being in the car. But then we saw some people walking in the wet, mud all up their legs. They were huddled under their anorak hoods, water dripping down their noses. Maybe it wasn't so bad in the car after all. We played I Spy. Dad chose C for car and Mum guessed it. Mum chose C for Church and Biscuits guessed it. Biscuits chose C for Cafe and I guessed it. So I wanted to chose a C too, but I couldn't think of one. Then I saw something way in the distance, at the top of a mound. Something I'd studied, though I'd never seen one in real life before. Something that had been standing, grey in the gloom but golden in the sunlight, for hundreds and hundreds of years. 40 in, so that the water was way up, lapping the skirts of the sandy slope. There was barely room to put down our towels and picnic. 'Oh rats rats rats' I said. 'I want to build my castle!' 'Don't say "rats" like that, dear. Now, never mind. You can sit down quietly with Biscuits and read your comics or do some writing in your holiday diaries,' said Mum. 'Never mind, Tim, we can all go for a swim,' said Dad. 'Never mind, Tim, we can maybe have our picnic now instead,' said Biscuits. 'But I wanted to build my castle.' I tried digging in the soft powdery sand of the slope but it was useless. It just slithered and slopped around and wouldn't stand firm at all. 'It's not fair.' 'Oh Tim, don't be such a baby,' said Dad. 'Stop making such a fuss about a silly sandcastle. Let's go for a swim.' 'Are you sure the sea is clean enough? You hear such horrible tales about pollution nowadays,' said Mum. 'It's clear as crystal. You come in too,' said Dad. 'Somebody's got to sit here and mind all the picnic things,' said Mum. 32

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I read this one to my class of Year 3s (7-8 years old) and they really enjoyed it. Especially after I read them the first book on the series, Cliffhanger, they were super excited to find out more about Tim and Biscuits! I did feel like the first half of the book did drag on a little bit, with not much happening it was more for developing characters in my opinion. This is a really enjoyable book because it has some funny bits, especially when Biscuit always talks and thinks about food! A brilliant new adventure for Tim and Biscuits, stars of Cliffhanger, from Jacqueline Wilson, award-winning author of The Suitcase Kid, The Story of Tracy Beaker and Bad Girls. www.kidsatrandomhouse.co.uk As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children’s Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children’s Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. Shame you haven't got any brothers, Tim,' said Dad. 'It won't be such fun for you.' 'We can have fun together,' said Mum. 'What are the shops like at Llanpistyll?' 'Shops?' said Dad. 'I think there's one.' 'One? said Mum. 'What sort of shop?' 'I don't know. A general store, I suppose,' said Dad impatiently. 'You don't go to Llanpistyll to go shopping.' 'Obviously not,' said Mum. She sighed. 'I like shopping.' 'So do I,' I said. Dad sighed too. Even more impatiently. 'Boys don't like shopping,' he said. 'I worry about you sometimes, Tim.' I worry about my dad sometimes too. He doesn't half go on. And on and on. 'We have a lovely time when we go shopping at the Flowerfields centre on Saturdays, don't we, Tim?' said Mum. 'Tim should be having fun with his friends, not hanging round his mum,' said Dad. Then he stopped and snapped his fingers. 'I've had a brilliant idea!' I twitched. I don't always like my dad's ideas. Particularly when he thinks they're brilliant. But this time I thought it a Truly Dazzling idea. 'Let's invite one of Tim's friends to come 8

It was Kelly. She was speaking to me again. She didn't need a megaphone. She had her volume turned right up to maximum force. 'Pretend you haven't heard her,' said Biscuits. It was not a sensible suggestion. People covered their ears the length of the Welsh coast and said 'That's Kelly!' Cattle in the meadows were mooing 'That's Kelly!' Sheep up in the mountains were baaing 'That's Kelly!' Dolphins and whales way out in the ocean were spouting 'That's Kelly!' Little green men in flying saucers were twitching their antennae and mumbling in Martian 'That's Kelly!' I turned. We all turned. Kelly came charging up to us. 'Where are you going? The carnival's over on the clifftop. Come on, they've just announced the first race. It's the under-five fifty-steps toddle and our Dean's going to walk it, you watch!' 'I'm sure he will, dear. But we were actually wondering whether to give all these races a miss,' said Mum. 'You can't. I've entered all of you,' said Kelly. 'What?' I said. 146 I decided to re-read this book recently, and although I liked this book better then the previous instalment in Tim's life, I still found myself eager to finish it because there are more things I would rather have read. Although, I loved Jacqueline Wilson growing up and this book is another fine story by her. While this one was still quite cute, I remember not enjoying this one as much as the first one when I read them as a kid. I think it might be because Tim was starting to get on my nerves by that point!

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Everyone adores Dad, with his glamorous ponytail and his wonderful storytelling gifts. Even Em, though he is not her real dad. His Christmas presents, which include a real (well, probably) emerald ring for Em, are the best ever too. This is the continuation of Cliffhanger which follows Tim and Biscuits on their holiday in Wales with Tim’s family.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. This is a book about a boy called Tim who goes on holiday with his best friend Biscuit. At the beginning of each chapter each boy writes a diary, and Biscuit's diary is about what he has eaten, as that is his favourite thing to do! Wow! Real diamonds!' I said. Well. Not real real. But they're very good synthetic stones,' Kelly said, tossing her head about so that they caught the light. 'Right. Budge over, Tim. I'll show you how to work these cranes.' Kelly's mum's boyfriend Dave had given her a whole purseful of change. She inserted a coin and started twiddling. She was ace. In a matter of minutes Theresa Troll had a whole tribe of relations: Tracy Troll and Truman Troll and Tabitha Troll and Tyrone Troll and Tilly Troll and Trocadero Troll. Biscuits and Dad and Mum heard Kelly's triumphant crowing as she kept capturing yet another troll. They came over to watch. Then Kelly's mum and Kelly's mum's boyfriend Dave and Kelly's little brother Dean and her baby brother Keanu came and watched too. It got very crowded. I'd have died if everyone was watching me. It didn't put Kelly off a bit. Then all the grown-ups started talking and Kelly's mum's new boyfriend Dave got introduced. He had the most amazing tattoos all the way up his arms. Snakes and flowers and hearts and a lady in a bikini. He could make her waggle when he moved his muscle. 68 The plot was not particularly engaging. The illustrations of the boys’ diary entries are a fun way to introduce each chapter, but Biscuits’ character is completely one-dimensional; the focus being on his weight and the copious amounts of food that he consumes was very repetitive and cringeworthy.