AUDREY ORR AND THE ROBOT RAGE
EVER WISHED THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE OF YOU TO GO ROUND? NEED TO BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE? When Audrey Orr’s mum wins a luxury cruise to Norway, Audrey thinks she’s won the jackpot – until she realises it’s during term-time. With her no-nonsense headteacher, Mr Stickler, on her case, she has to resort to something a bit unusual: a robot clone! But can she trust Awesome the clone to stay home and pretend to be her or will Awesome turn out to be a bit… Awful? AUDREY ORR AND THE ROBOT RAGE is published by Maverick Publishing. The cover art is by Ipek Konak. It was selected by the Reading Agency for the 2020 Summer Reading Challenge. |
"Mrs Orr’s brown cheese macaroni was every bit as disgusting as it smelt. Not even the chef could stomach it—Audrey spotted her feeding it to Mr Windybags under the table. Mr Orr, who was made of sterner stuff, managed all of his, although he insisted on knotting his socks together and wrapping them round the middle of his face while he ate, to block out the fumes. It was hard to see how a nose full of sock cheese would help matters much, but he claimed it was best to ‘fight fire with fire’."
There’s a village in Norway called Hell.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo.
There are 29 letters in the Norwegian alphabet, including Æ Ø and Å.
The Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard is a Scottish penguin at Edinburgh Zoo, named Nils Olav.
At just over 15 miles, Norway's Lærdal Tunnel is the longest road tunnel in the world.
Norway is known as The Land of the Midnight Sun. In the north of the country (above the Arctic Circle) the sun doesn’t dip below the horizon for entire months during the summer. But on the flip side, it doesn’t rise at all during the depths of winter.
Norway sends Britain a big Christmas tree every year, which is put up in Trafalgar Square.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo.
There are 29 letters in the Norwegian alphabet, including Æ Ø and Å.
The Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard is a Scottish penguin at Edinburgh Zoo, named Nils Olav.
At just over 15 miles, Norway's Lærdal Tunnel is the longest road tunnel in the world.
Norway is known as The Land of the Midnight Sun. In the north of the country (above the Arctic Circle) the sun doesn’t dip below the horizon for entire months during the summer. But on the flip side, it doesn’t rise at all during the depths of winter.
Norway sends Britain a big Christmas tree every year, which is put up in Trafalgar Square.
ORZ UM'S AWESOME ADVENTURESOrz was everything Audrey wasn’t: brave, popular and super pretty. That’s because Orz didn’t have to wear sticky plastic patches over one side of her glasses, like a lopsided freak. She didn’t have a laz-y left eye, like Audrey, she had a las-er one that could reduce an enemy to smoking nothingness at a hundred metres. Zap! Pow! Kazoom!' Recreate a scene from Audrey Orr in comic strip form OR Make your own comic strip starring a super-powered version of YOU! |