Buried Alive! (14 page)
Authors: Jacqueline Wilson
âI just sort of sussed it out. I didn't do much. I'm not really a hero,' I said, trying to wriggle free of Mum and Dad, scared everyone would start laughing again.
But no-one was laughing now. Prickle-Head was carried up the cliff to be taken to
hospital. He seemed reasonably OK now, though he had sick all down his front.
âThat Tim rescued you. He gave you the kiss of life,' said Pinch-Face.
âNo wonder I was sick!' Prickle-Head gasped.
He wasn't at all grateful! But I didn't care. Everyone kept saying I was a hero. And back at the carnival they gave me a special cup. It was supposed to be for the child that won the most races.
âBut
you
must have it instead, Tim!'
âI'm ever so glad you're my boyfriend, Tim,' said Kelly.
âYou're a
real
Super-Tim,' said Biscuits.
I don't know about that. I'm not
quite
Super-Tim standard.
But I'm Tim â and I
feel
Super!
Jacqueline Wilson is an extremely well-known and hugely popular author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7. She has been awarded a number of prestigious awards, including the British Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award (for
The Illustrated Mum
), the Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award (for
Double Act
, for which she was also highly commended for the Carnegie Medal). In 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. She has sold over thirty-five million books and was the author most borrowed from British libraries in the last decade.
Also by Jacqueline Wilson
Published in Corgi Pups, for beginner readers:
THE DINOSAUR'S PACKED LUNCH
THE MONSTER STORY-TELLER
Published in Young Corgi, for newly confident readers:
LIZZIE ZIPMOUTH
SLEEPOVERS
Available from Doubleday/Corgi Yearling Books:
BAD GIRLS
THE BED & BREAKFAST STAR
BEST FRIENDS
BURIED ALIVE!
CANDYFLOSS
THE CAT MUMMY
CLEAN BREAK
CLIFFHANGER
THE DARE GAME
THE DIAMOND GIRLS
DOUBLE ACT (PLAY EDITION)
GLUBBSLYME
THE ILLUSTRATED MUM
JACKY DAYDREAM
THE LOTTIE PROJECT
MIDNIGHT
THE MUM-MINDER
MY SISTER JODIE
SECRETS
STARRING TRACY BEAKER
THE STORY OF TRACY BEAKER
THE SUITCASE KID
VICKY ANGEL
THE WORRY WEBSITE
Available from Doubleday/Corgi Books, for older readers:
DUSTBIN BABY
GIRLS IN LOVE
GIRLS UNDER PRESSURE
GIRLS OUT LATE
GIRLS IN TEARS
KISS
LOLA ROSE
LOVE LESSONS
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BURIED ALIVE!
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Copyright © Jacqueline Wilson, 1998
Illustrations copyright © Nick Sarratt and Sue Heap, 1998
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