Second Childhood

'A brilliantly funny writer' Sunday Telegraph If you don't wake up to yourself, Smalley,' Mr Cruickshank said, 'do you know what you're going to end up as?' 'Sheep's poop, sir,' said Mark. Mark's father has always wanted him to be a Somebody. But unless Mark picks up at school, it looks like sheep's poop is where he's heading. Then Mark and his friends discover they've lived before. Not only that – they were Famous and Important People! Which is lots of fun. At first. A funny, fast-moving story about the ups and downs of being a Somebody . ————————— PRAISE FOR MORRIS GLEITZMAN 'Readers can't get enough of him.' The Independent 'A virtuoso demonstration of how you can make comedy out of the most unlikely subject' Sunday Times 'He is one of the finest examples of a writer who can make humour stem from the things that really matter in life.' The Guardian When they are given a history assignment on the lives of famous people, Mark and his friends discover that they are the reincarnation of such celebrities as Henry Ford, Albert Einstein, Queen Victoria and Phar Lap. Then they discover that they've been responsible for several of the world's major problems and they try to make up for their past mistakes