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Maximillian needs a new hobby... First he has to decide what it should be and then how to get started, then he needs to test it! Max is a mouse with a lot of issues and some very unusual skills. The question is - is he going to be able survive his new hobby long enough to use them? In a whimsical departure from his successful Sweaty (Children) and Derek (Young Adult) series, Mac Black brings us quirky Maximillian - a resourceful mouse, with so...

Maximillian needs a new home... First he has to decide what to pack, then where will he go and what will he do when and if he gets there? Max is a mouse with a lot of issues and some very unusual skills. The question is - is he going to be able to use them? In a whimsical departure from his successful Sweaty (Children) and Derek (Young Adult) series, Mac Black brings us a quirky new character called Maximillian - a resourceful mouse, with some...

As the opening lines say, "becoming a cat was a surprise to the Reverend Harold Scuffington." From the moment we meet Harold, we see the immense complications to a man's life that becoming a cat can bring… especially if it is a cat like Scuffo… If he isn't under a bed, he is in it and what he sees, hears and experiences will change Harold's life forever!Mac Black has returned to writing for adults with this fantastical and imaginative story of...

Max is a mouse with issues.Trying to fit in with everyone around him means that Max can't be himself - in fact, it is downright dangerous being himself - so if he is to carry on living with the horrible cat, Camilla, and Mrs McSkimming, he needs to change himself into someone else... The question is - is he going to be comfortable with the result?In a whimsical departure from his successful Sweaty (Children) and Derek (Young Adult) series, Mac...

Sweaty and Pals SmileAnyone who likes Mac Black's "Please call me Derek" (and the rest in the series covering his grown-up adventures) will enjoy introducing younger friends and family to his Sweaty series, "Sweaty and Pals" and 'Sweaty and Pals Again' set the scene for characters and exploits that fill "Sweaty and Pals Smile"which continues Derek's exploits with his gang in the eighties, with quirky illustrations (by Mac Black), the stories b...

Anyone who likes Mac Black's "Please call me Derek" (and the rest in the series covering his grown-up adventures) will enjoy introducing younger friends and family to his new series, "Sweaty and Pals". 'Sweaty and Pals Again' continues Derek's exploits with his gang in the eighties, with quirky illustrations (by Mac Black), the stories build on Derek's ability to find disasters and get himself into one mess after another.Sweaty's tales are abo...

Anyone who likes Mac Black's "Please call me Derek" (and the rest in the series covering his grown-up adventures) will enjoy introducing younger friends and family to his new series, "Sweaty and Pals". Derek hated his nickname and now we find out how he came by it. Filled with stories about Derek's exploits with his gang in the eighties, with quirky illustrations (by Mac Black), the stories build on Derek's ability to find disasters and get hi...

Derek travels from child to confused adult, from reporter for the local paper to any job available, doing everything he thinks he should, but doing it his way. Pursuing life and employment leads Derek to fling himself into the sort of sticky situations he won't want to have to explain to his friends or his family. With determination, gritting his teeth, doing everything for the best, how could anything go wrong. With more Derek books coming...

Derek has not had much success getting his first great novel started - in fact, the research it requires has nearly cost him his marriage and ruined several pairs of his wife's tights. All he needs is a better topic, maybe he should be writing non-fiction, he is a journalist, after all... As is normal for Derek, things go pretty rapidly and hilariously downhill from there! Current titles by Mac Black: Please... Call Me Derek, Derek's in Troubl...

Derek's In Trouble' - As funny as ever and as unlucky as always, Derek is going through another unexpected crisis in his life. A local reporter with the partner of his dreams, his life is all set to be perfect. So, how will he explain his foray out in his wife's dress? Then, there's the leggy lady intent on making a lasting impression ...on top of that, there are everyone else's problems to sort. Is his Gran, the secret Radio agony aunt, capab...

Relations and Relationships - poor Derek has far too many of both - he has a book to write - a mother he has only just met - a wife about to give birth and a poodle who hates him. Life had been so different a year and a half ago. Back then it had been a life before ET and Mom and a heap of other people interfering with his good intentions. In Mac Black's fourth Derek book the plot thickens and Derek tries to be devious as he blunders from ...

Derek has a cause but, being Derek, he also has a host of misunderstandings to sort out, mistakes to rectify and a wife to mollify. As a natural leader, he knows that beating the Railway Developers is down to him. As a natural disaster area, we know it is unlikely to go quite to plan. In Mac Black's fifth and final Derek book the plot is stirred as poor gullible Derek tries his best and makes us laugh all the way to the end!