Marcus is a maths whiz who is not good at sport. His dad is a self-help author who thinks Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to, with hilarious results. In illustrated diary format, Marcus's gentle, satiric humour and comic drawings will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about sport.

 

This book was recognised in the Fiction - Younger Readers category by the Young Australians Best Book Award.

This is volume 5 in Diary Of a .

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Allen & Unwin .

Shamini Flint has written many books for adults and children. She and Sally Heinrich collaborated previously on the Diary of a . series. Shamini Flint has written a number of travel books for children including Sasha Visits London.