Hamlet is not ok, p.13
Hamlet is Not OK,
p.13
‘You better get home to your dad,’ said Selby. She went over to the door, unlocked the deadlock and held it open for Dan.
But as he passed through, Dan paused. ‘Are you all right?’ he asked.
‘Not really,’ said Selby. ‘But I will be. I think.’
Dan nodded. He looked like he wanted to say something but couldn’t find the words. He settled for, ‘See you next week, then.’
Selby froze with the door still in her hand. ‘What for?’
‘We’ll be starting on King Lear,’ said Dan.
‘I don’t think I can handle doing this again!’ said Selby.
‘Of course you can,’ said Dan. ‘Reading is good for you.’
The end
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R.A. Spratt was born in the UK and lived in Dursley, Gloucestershire – a town immortalised by Harry Potter’s deeply unpleasant relatives – until she was two years old. Then, like many ambitious English people cursed with regional accents so strong no other British person can take them seriously, her family moved to Australia.
The tedium of growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney was fertiliser to the growth of R.A.’s imagination. The only thing for a kid to do was get on a bicycle and go to the library, so R.A. Spratt did just that. Once there, she read everything, devouring the books of Arthur Ransome, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, Robin Klein and Judy Blume, and audiotapes of Shakespeare productions and Sherlock Holmes dramatisations. And so, her young mind was formed, and set on the path of becoming the extraordinary author she is today.
Now based in Bowral NSW, she’s the bestselling writer of dozens of absurd and witty books including Friday Barnes, The Adventures of Nanny Piggins, The Peski Kids and the Shockingly and Astonishingly Good Stories collections. Her podcast, Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt, has had over 2 million downloads and connects R.A. with story-lovers across the globe.
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Friday Barnes: Girl Detective
Friday Barnes: Under Suspicion
Friday Barnes: Big Trouble
Friday Barnes: No Rules
Friday Barnes: The Plot Thickens
Friday Barnes: Danger Ahead
Friday Barnes: Bitter Enemies
Friday Barnes: Never Fear
Friday Barnes: No Escape
Friday Barnes: Undercover
Friday Barnes: Last Chance
The Adventures of Nanny Piggins
Nanny Piggins and the Wicked Plan
Nanny Piggins and the Runaway Lion
Nanny Piggins and the Accidental Blast-Off
Nanny Piggins and the Rival Ringmaster
Nanny Piggins and the Pursuit of Justice
Nanny Piggins and the Daring Rescue
Nanny Piggins and the Race to Power
The Nanny Piggins Guide to Conquering Christmas
The Peski Kids: The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach
The Peski Kids: Bear in the Woods
The Peski Kids: Stuck in the Mud
The Peski Kids: Near Extinction
The Peski Kids: The Final Mission
Shockingly Good Stories
Astonishingly Good Stories
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