David Orme
Personal Information
Description
David Orme is a children's writer and poet from England. He has written or edited more than 250 books. His recent work has been specifically aimed at reluctant readers or children with learning difficulties and includes the Boffin Boy, a series of manga-style graphic novels. Orme lives in Winchester, Hampshire, England and was the chair of the Education Writers Group of the Society of Authors. With Helen Orme he has volunteered to assist in literacy programs.
Books
Boffin Boy & the The Lost City
Ben Bril is a 14-year-old boy. He is very clever, but he's interested only in science and in saving the world! People keep disappearing and reappearing changed. Of course it's a door into another world, and Ben Bril and Brochfael the Ninja set off to find it.
Let's explore Pluto and beyond
Simple and well-illustrated introduction to Pluto and other dwarf planets which make up part of our solar system.
Starship Football
Todd's travels across the universe are no match for a good game of soccer. When a soccer field is built aboard his starship, he dreams of leading his team to universal glory.
Crawlers
A fantastic new novel from Sam Enthoven. Fast-paced, creepy and exciting - this is a horror film in book form!Ben is on a school trip. So is Jasmine. What they don't know is that not everybody in the theatre is there to watch the play and, in fact, they'll never get to see it . . . There is panic at the Barbican when the fire alarms start wailing, but the strangely silent theatre staff, trap them inside the building rather than letting them out to safety. Ben, Jasmine and their classmates soon discover that there's no fire - what's happening is much weirder, and much scarier. Strange spider-like creatures swarm through the building attacking people and turning them into vicious killers, and the kids have to run for their lives. But barricaded in an office, with these creatures waiting outside for them, the children realise they're stuck. Will they ever get out? And, more importantly can they trust each other . . . ?