Author: Lara Williamson
Reading Age: 10-12

I'm Dan Hope and deep inside my head I keep a list of things I want to come true.
For example, I want my sister, Ninja Grace, to go to university at the North Pole and only come back once a year.
I want to help Sherlock Holmes solve his most daring mystery yet. And if it could be a zombie mystery, all the more exciting.
I want my dog to stop eating the planets and throwing them up on the carpet.
And finally, the biggest dream of all, I want my dad to love me
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Dan’s dad leaves his family to live with another woman. Dan’s life is all then a bit strange. He then sees his dad on TV as a presenter and decides to try to get him back where he belongs. Dan’s plans don’t go well but they help Dan find out what real families really are- – -.

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