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· Bolinda · Narrated by Charlie Sanderson
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Brandon is a boaster – he says he is brilliant at lots of things. Then he is challenged to count up to ten million. So Brandon starts – one, two, three ... and before long he is up to one thousand. Everyone around him is bewildered and annoyed – his friend Waris, his teachers and Miss Hexx, the head. But Brandon can’t stop counting. And then strange, impossible things start happening. The numbers are taking over everything ...

About the author

Melvin Burgess is a British author of children's fiction. His first book, The Cry of the Wolf, was published in 1990. He gained a certain amount of notoriety in 1996 with the publication of Junk, which dealt with the controversial idea of heroin-addicted teenagers. Junk soon became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. He lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, with his partner Anita.

Charlie Sanderson was born in Yorkshire and raised in the Midlands, she gained a BA honours Degree in Contemporary Arts from Nottingham Trent University and went on to work as a community artist, singer-songwriter and actress. Charlie has voiced over 100 audiobooks, most recently winning the Earphones Award 2019. She is a versatile storyteller specializing in young voices, accents and sensitive reads. Theatre credits include tours to New York, the UK and West End theatres.

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