The Parent Agency. David Baddiel

The Parent Agency - David  Baddiel


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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2014

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      Text copyright © David Baddiel 2014

      Illustrations copyright © Jim Field 2014

      Jacket illustration © Jim Field

      Jacket Design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2014

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      Source ISBN: 9780007554492

      Ebook Edition © 2014 ISBN: 9780007554515

      Version: 2018-09-18

       To Ezra and Dolly, with particular thanks to Ez for giving me the idea in the first place…

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

      Copyright

       Dedication

      Part One: The World is not Enough

      Sunday

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Tuesday

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Wednesday

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Thursday

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Friday

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Friday Night

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Part Three: No, Wait a Minute: The World – The First One – Y’Know, This One – Might Be Kind of Enough After All

       Saturday

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Really Late, Saturday Night: Way Past Barry’s Normal Bedtime

       Acknowledgements

       Keep Reading …

       Books by David Baddiel

       About the Publisher

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SUNDAY

       CHAPTER ONE

      Barry Bennett was always very upset at being called Barry. It was a stupid name for a modern nine (nearly ten) year old boy. All his friends were called things like Jake and Lukas and Taj.

      In fact, they weren’t called things like that, they were called exactly that. Jake was his best friend, Lukas was his second best and Taj was his third. Although sometimes that order was reversed and Taj was first. But, either way, none of them were called anything like Barry. Barry didn’t even know anyone called anything like Barry. He didn’t know, for example, anyone called Brian. Or Colin. Or Derek. Or any other name that no boy had been called since 1953.

      Being called Barry was just one – although it was pretty near the top of the


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