Ben was a member of the Zombies, a gang of boys who thought that birthdays were 'soppy' and spent much of their time annoying the girls in class 5. Ben more than anything else wanted a recorder for his birthday, but of course he had to keep very quiet about it. When his birthday came around, he got rather more than he had bargained for!

 

This book was published 1999 by Canongate Books Ltd .

Jean Ure is a prolific and highly regarded children's book author. She has been writing for many years, and had her first book published at the age of sixteen!