Radio Boy and the Revenge of Grandad
Debut sensation Christian O’Connell is back with more hilarious adventures of Spike, super-star radio DJ… and trouble-prone ordinary kid.The World’s youngest DJ is still the talk of the town. A town that’s about to turn against him.Radio Boy and his team, Artie and Holly, are back and continue to broadcast live to the world from Spike’s garden shed.Then, following a shock split from Nan, Grandad Ray comes to stay. Spike decides to cheer him up by inviting him onto the show. He becomes an instant hit with the listeners and Spike keeps him on as a new team member.But things get really awkward when Spike realises Grandad Ray only has three stories and keeps telling them over and over again. Spike is forced to sack his own Grandad, who swears vengeance on his own grandson. Grandad Ray is the world's most competitive man and he always plays to win – at any cost…
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Source ISBN: 9780008200596
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Version: 2017-12-07
For Sarah, Ruby and Lois.
The three brightest stars in my world.
Love you, always.
Contents
Chapter 1. The DJ Who Stole Christmas
Chapter 2. Barbecued Like a Sausage
Chapter 3. My Headmaster Hates Me
Chapter 4. The Surprise House Guest
Chapter 7. The Guest from Hell
Chapter 11. The Ray-chter Scale
Chapter 12. When Grandads Go Bad
Chapter 16. The Rumble at the Red Lion
Chapter 17. Please, Dad, No (part 2)
Chapter 18. Grandad Ray Rattles Cages
Chapter 23. Face to face With a Cat-Napper
Chapter 24. Spooking the Enemy
Chapter 25. Returning to the Scene of the Crime
Chapter 26. The FrankenHarrissteins
Chapter 30. The Cha-Cha Chat Show
Chapter 31. Bring on the Red Carpets
Chapter 32. Embarrassing Parents
Chapter 34. Never Meet Your Heroes
Chapter 38. A Reluctant Star is Born
Chapter 39. The Final Countdown
Chapter 42. Attack of the Dads
Chapter 46. The âAmazingâ Tent
Chapter 48. And Then There Was One
Chapter 50. And the Winner Is â¦
Chapter 51. Decisions, Decisions
Chapter 53. And the Winner Is â¦
Can you imagine what it would be like to have your very own radio show?
Just think about it for a moment.
You could do whatever you wanted, say what you wanted, and get your listeners to do ANYTHING.
Well, thatâs me. Spike Hughes. Living the dream. Surfing the radio airwaves from my garden shed at Number 27 Crow Crescent.
And the Secret Shed Show is live on air right now â¦
âSpike, you cannot do this!â begged my radio-show producer, Holly.
âOh yes, I can,â I replied.
The song came to an end. Time to speak. I suddenly remembered watching this old documentary with my dad about a motorcycle daredevil called Evel Knievel. He would jump over things on his motorbike. Cars, buses and planes. He even once tried to jump across thirteen London buses at Wembley Stadium. I felt like him, about to try to make that jump.
The MIC LIVE sign turned bright red, meaning we were on air. I spoke into the mic.
âSo, who of you listening right now is brave enough to go and get one of your Christmas presents from under the tree, without anyone catching you, and open it up live on the show? Just grab one and call us right away!â
âThis is a really bad idea,â said Artie, but I could see he was trying to swallow down his laughter as producer Holly scowled at us both.
A few months ago, after the whole school strike situation,>1 I had promised them both I would take it easy, but whatâs the point in having your own radio show if you canât have a bit of fun every once in a while?
I could see we had callers eager to take part in my âbad ideaâ. I picked one.
âHello, youâre live on the Secret Shed Show. Who is this?â
âHi, Radio Boy and the team.â
Artie and Holly mumbled back a very strained âHiâ, making it very clear they still didnât approve of what I was doing. Artie is my radio-show sidekick and he also picks all the music. He doesnât really want to be a famous DJ like me. Heâs just here because he likes being part of it. Holly is my producer because sheâs the smartest out of the three of us. They are my best friends, and my only friends. I guess itâs like being in a band together. Does that make Artie the triangle player?
