Ben Bailey Smith Books

Comedy, family and school life – does this sound familiar to you? Of course, we’ve all been the butt or punchline to someone else’s joke, or wondered how far we would go to achieve viral fame.

Laugh-out-loud moments weave between the warmth of family and friendship to bring a classic page-turner for lower KS3. Here is a fusion of thirteen-year-old Carmichael Taylor, who finds life one big joke because his dream is to be a comedian. But it is when his stand-up routine at the school talent show goes viral that fame and fortune come to his doorstep. Only then is it up to Car to decide what or who he’s willing to risk to pursue his comedy career. Will he risk his family for laughs or his friends for fans?

Ben Bailey Smith has written a hugely funny and highly relatable story perfect for Y7+ readers and fans of Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Louie Stowell. Witty, charming and gorgeously heart-warming, comes a blazingly funny, big-hearted story about family, friendship and how far one boy will go to get a laugh. You won’t regret it and neither will your belly-laughing ribs!