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World Book Day
,
World Book Night
and
Quick Reads
are annual initiatives designed to encourage everyone in the UK and Ireland – whatever your age – to read more and discover the joy of books.

World Book Night
is a celebration of books and reading for adults and teens on 23 April, which sees book gifting and celebrations in thousands of communities around the country:
www.worldbooknight.org

Quick Reads
provides brilliant short new books by bestselling authors to engage adults in reading:
www.quickreads.org.uk

About the Author

JAMES PATTERSON
is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. He is the internationally bestselling author of the highly praised Middle School books,
Treasure Hunters
, and the I Funny, Confessions, Maximum Ride, Witch & Wizard and Daniel X series. In 2010, James Patterson was voted Author of the Year at the Children’s Choice Book Awards in New York. He lives in Florida.

Also by James Patterson

Middle School series
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (
with Chris Tebbetts
) • Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! (
with Chris Tebbetts
) • Middle School: My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar (
with Lisa Papademetriou
) • Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill (
with Chris Tebbetts
) • Middle School: Ultimate Showdown (
with Julia Bergen, to be published March 2014
) • Middle School: Save Rafe! (
with Chris Tebbetts, to be published June 2014
)

I Funny series
I Funny (
with Chris Grabenstein
) • I Even Funnier (
with Chris Grabenstein
)

Treasure Hunters
Treasure Hunters (
with Chris Grabenstein
)

Maximum Ride series
The Angel Experiment • School’s Out Forever • Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports • The Final Warning • Max • Fang • Angel • Nevermore

Daniel X series
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Watch the Skies (
with Ned Rust
) • Demons and Druids (
with Adam Sadler
) • Game Over (
with Ned Rust
) • Armageddon (
with Chris Grabenstein
)

Witch & Wizard series
Witch & Wizard (
with Gabrielle Charbonnet
) • The Gift (
with Ned Rust
) • The Fire (
with Jill Dembowski
) • The Kiss (
with Jill Dembowski
)

Confessions series
Confessions of a Murder Suspect (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Confessions: The Private School Murders (
with Maxine Paetro
)

Graphic novels
Daniel X: Alien Hunter (
with Leopoldo Gout
) • Maximum Ride: Manga Volumes 1–7 (
with NaRae Lee
)

For more information about James Patterson’s novels, visit
www.jamespatterson.co.uk

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To Philip Yanakov and his mother Victoria who, through their generosity, help get kids reading.

CHECKLIST OF THINGS
you should bring for a transatlantic flight to London:

1
Yourself
. Which in my case, is me. More about me in Chapter 2. I mean, there’s more about me in the whole book, obviously— I’m the guy on the cover— but Chapter 2 is where we get the introductions out of the way. Anyway, back to the checklist. On to item two…