Michael Lawrence (writer)

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Michael Lawrence is an English writer of books which are often enjoyed by children.

1 Books
2 See Also
3 External Links

[edit] Books

Book	ISBN	Publication Year
[edit] Jiggy McCue Stories He has written a series of books about Jiggy McCue, a cynical teenager who encounters supernatural problems, some of which aren't solved by the end of the book.
The Poltergoose	1860398367	2000
A fun and wacky story introducing Jiggy McCue, the boy who things seem to happen to - in this case, being haunted by a dead goose.
The Killer Underpants	1841217131	2000
Jiggy's new underpants won't come off. As if that wasn't enough, they seem to give him a peculiar sort of power over people. This is the second humourous adventure starring Jiggy McCue.
The Toilet of Doom	1841217522	2001
"Feel that your life has gone down the pan? Well here's your chance to swap it for a better one!" When these tempting words appear on the computer screen, Jiggy McCue just can't resist. He hits 'F for Flush' and...Oh dear. He really shouldn't have done that. Because the life he gets in place of his own is a very embarrassing one - for a boy. Another loo-ny adventure with The Three Musketeers!
Maggot Pie	1841217565	2002
There is a tradition in Jiggy's hometown by which the night before a boy's first day at school his father takes him to the Piddle Pool near the old quarry. Boys pee in the pool for a lucky school life. But Jiggy's dad never took him...and now Jiggy wants to change his run of bad luck. One night, mid-piddle, something happens - and a genie rises out of the water. Will Jiggy's luck be reversed...or will it just get worse?!
The Snottle	1843623447	2003
Fifth title in the best-selling Jiggy McCue series. A new girl at Jiggy's school has an allergy - her nose runs dramatically at unexpected times. Everyone shuns her except Angie, to Pete and Jiggy's disgust. One day, in class, the new girl does a mighty sneeze, spraying snot all over the window, and Jiggy sees pictures in it that foretell the future. It turns out that the girl has reached the age where females in her family develop a Gift - hers is to be able to tell the future via her nose - she's something of a Nostrildamus. Meanwhile, the three friends, Jiggy, Pete and Angie have found a creature on the council tip - a small, brown, furry character, the Snottle, that seems to have a strange bond with the new girl...
Nudie Dudie	1843626470	2004
Jiggy is given a pen - one of those with a scantily-clad female in it who loses her clothes when the pen is tipped. Trouble is, when Jiggy uses the pen, his clothes disappear too - but being Jiggy, he doesn't put two and two together until he has suffered a number of very nude, public and embarrassing episodes.
Neville The Devil	1843628791	2005
This sixth Jiggy McCue story sees the return of a character who first appeared in 'The Killer Underpants', namely Neville the Devil. Neville is part of the Little Devils network, and his reappearance in Jiggy's life brings chaos and confusion to young Jiggy and his friends Pete and Angie.
Ryan's Brain	1846162270	2006
This eighth Jiggy McCue story sees Jiggy and his pals, Angie and Pete, as usual, in trouble. This time, they are under threat from the brain of Bryan Ryan, one of their classmates. Bryan's Brain is out of control and threatening to take over the world! And only Jiggy, Pete and Angie, the 'Three Musketeers', can stop it. One for All and All for Lunch!
The Iron, the Switch and the Broom Cupboard	1846164710	2007
Due to be published in June 2007
[edit] Withern Rise/Aldous Lexicon
A Crack in The Line
First in a trilogy, by the author of the Jiggy McCue books. Two years ago, Alaric's mother died in an accident, and his world fell apart. Then one winter's day, Alaric finds himself drawn into a parallel world - a world in which his mother didn't die. The only problem is that in the other world she has a daughter, not a son.
Small Eternities	1841211680	2004
The river has burst its banks. The grounds at Withern rise are under water. Three Underwoods ponder their separate futures. Naia wonders how she'll keep up the pretence that she's who people take her for. Aleric wonders if the joy of his perfect new reality can last. Aldous, just eleven years old, wonders how long he has to live. Great change is in the air - and terrible happenings, which might not be survived.
The Underwood See	1843628759	2006
In an old stone house in an empty world a traveller yearns for a Withern Rise haunted by tragedy. In two identical realities there are glimpses of people who shouldn't be there, and whispers in the night. In the tangled heart of a dying forest a seventeen-year-old outcast plots bloody vengeance. Life-changing resolutions are in the air in the realities of the Underwood See.
[edit] Other
The Griffin and Oliver Pie
Oliver Pie and his mum and dad have moved into a new house. Down in a corner of the garden, Oliver finds an old stone statue of a Griffin - he starts to talk to it and to his amazement, it replies. The statue is rather grumpy - he was made to be a Guardian of Hidden Treasure, but now he is abandoned and covered in weeds. Oliver gets to know the Griffin and they become friends, but then one day Oliver comes home from school to find Dad has sold the Griffin to the local garden centre ...
Milking The Novelty	0954938100	2005

Young Dracula: AND Young Monsters	184299445X	2006
Count Dracula is the greatest, scariest, meanest vampire of them all. So how come his son is the most rubbish vampire he's ever seen? Vampire? More like wimpire! Can Young Dracula show his father what he's made of? It's Lon's first day at his new school - the Dr Ffelix Ffurter School for Young Monsters! Terrifying creatures stalk the corridors - and that's just the teachers! Is Lon bad enough? He'll have to be on his worst behaviour...