Betsey's Birthday Surprise (5 page)

Gran’ma Liz was in the kitchen singing. She didn’t realise Dad was filming her at first. When she did, she tried to shoo Dad away. But who was standing right beside her as she tried to stop Dad from filming her? Betsey! And who was that dancing behind Sherena and Desmond as they waved to the camera? Betsey. Betsey was everywhere!

“It’s like watching the Betsey Biggalow show!” Sherena complained.

“Well, I did say I’d be on the telly,” Betsey pointed out. “I just didn’t realize how talented and brilliant I’d be!”

“You’re a star, Betsey!” laughed Dad.

And no one could argue with that!

Malorie Blackman
has written over sixty books and is acknowledged as one of today’s most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Children’s Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to children’s books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children’s literature. She has been described by
The Times
as ‘a national treasure’. Malorie Blackman is the Children’s Laureate 2013–15.

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KNIFE EDGE

CHECKMATE

DOUBLE CROSS

NOBLE CONFLICT

BOYS DON’T CRY

THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES

TRUST ME

PIG-HEART BOY

HACKER

A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E.

THIEF!

DANGEROUS REALITY

THE DEADLY DARE MYSTERIES

DEAD GORGEOUS

UNHEARD VOICES

(A collection of short stories and poems, collected by Malorie Blackman)

CLOUD BUSTING

OPERATION GADGETMAN!

WHIZZIWIG and WHIZZIWIG RETURNS

GIRL WONDER AND THE TERRIFIC TWINS

GIRL WONDER’S WINTER ADVENTURES

GIRL WONDER TO THE RESCUE

BETSEY BIGGALOW IS HERE!

BETSEY BIGGALOW THE DETECTIVE

MAGIC BETSEY

HURRICANE BETSEY

JACK SWEETTOOTH

SNOW DOG

SPACE RACE

THE MONSTER CRISP-GUZZLER

BETSEY’S BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
AN RHCP DIGITAL EBOOK 978 1 448 19306 6

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First Published by Piccadilly Press, 1996
Red Fox edition published 2014

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