Life of Riley: Beginner's Luck

Written by Simon James Green

Narrated by Chris Devon

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Award!

Utterly hilarious middle-grade novel from Simon James Green about a ridiculous amount of bad luck and one boy's quest to get rid of it.

After a traumatic run-in with the fortune teller from a visiting funfair – thanks to an unfortunately-timed sneeze – Riley finds himself CURSED.
Life as he knows it quickly becomes a catalogue of disasters – from wetting himself onstage during the school show, accidentally supergluing himself to his classmates and ruining the school football team's sponsorship deal, to flooding his house and losing class 4's pet rabbit – Riley knows the bad luck is out to get him.
Enter new kid: Brad Chicago. He's super-cool, well-groomed and stylish, with an excellent stationery collection. And for some reason he wants to be Riley's friend. Can Riley get rid of the curse before Brad discovers he's a walking disaster?

• Language: English
• Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd
• Release date: Mar 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781004033546

Simon James Green

Simon James Green is the Carnegie nominated author of young adult novels You’re the One That I Want, Alex in Wonderland, Noah Can't Even and Noah Could Never. Before becoming an author, Simon worked in theater and film in the UK. He lives in London. simonjamesgreen.com Twitter: @simonjamesgreen Instagram: @simonjamesgreen  

Reviews for Life of Riley

[Tanvi · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was so much fun! I loved this book thoroughly! Riley is a really funny , innocent and adorable character!

[Jamila Peterson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Hilarious book! The voice acting is so great I've listened to this so many times.