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Dexter Procter the ten-year-old doctor
Kay, Adam2025
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It was clear from an early age that Dexter Procter was different. He started speaking at four seconds old. By the age of three, he had 87 A-levels, from Afrikaans to Zoology. And by ten, he was working as a paediatrician at Lilydale General Hospital. Despite a loving but annoying family and a couple of good friends (Rupi and Otto), Dexter's always struggled to fit in. Add to this a mortal enemy (Dr Drake) and a major problem at his old school (all the teachers struck down with awful diarrhoea) - will Dexter be able to save his job, save the school and find his place in the world? (Spoiler alert: yes!)
Main title:
Dexter Procter the ten-year-old doctor / Adam Kay ; illustrated by Henry Paker.
Author:
Kay, Adam, authorPaker, Henry, illustrator
Edition:
New in Paperback.
Imprint:
London : Puffin, 2025.
Collation:
407 p. : B & W illustrations throughout ; 198 x 129 mm. 342 gm.
Notes:
Hbk pub 2024.
Audience:
Young People.Reading grade level: 8-10.Interest age level: 7-11.Interest grade level: KS2.
Biography/History:
Adam Kay is a former doctor who has written five million books and sold seven copies. No, hang on - he's written seven books and sold five million copies. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, winning a record-breaking four National Book Awards and selling over 3 million copies. Kay adapted This is Going to Hurt as a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. Adam Kay's children's books have been translated into 29 languages and sold over 750,000 copies, making him one of the UK's bestselling children's authors. Kay's Anatomy became the fastest-selling children's general non-fiction hardback of the decade. His first picture book Amy Gets Eaten was published in 2023. His first children's fiction hardback, Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor will be published in Autumn 2024.
ISBN:
9780241668610 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PZ7.1
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
886428