Ollie and His Superpowers. Alison Knowles
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To my partner and dear friends who helped me find my
superpowers. And to Mole for being Mole.
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Illustrated by
Sophie Wiltshire
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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This edition published in 2016
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First published in 2015 by Austin Macauley Publishers
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Ollie’s New Trainers
Ollie was only seven when he realised he had superpowers. He hated school. He liked his teachers. Well, some of them. Mrs Moon was a bit scary. She bellowed like a huge whale. In fact, Ollie often wondered if the bun in her hair was blocking the hole that the water comes out of, like a real whale.
The problem was Simon and George. They were in his class, and they were bullies. Every day they made Ollie give them his lunch money, and one day they made Ollie give them his brand new trainers. He couldn’t tell his mum about Simon and George, because they said they would hurt him if he did.
The day they took Ollie’s trainers was the same day Ollie found out he had superpowers.
He got home from school in his bare feet. It took his mum a while to notice. She had just got home from her job at the old peoples’ home and was rushing about trying to get their tea ready. She was really cross, because Ollie told her he’d lost them. Ollie’s mum had to work extra hard to get the new trainers for him, as Ollie’s daddy did not live with them any more. His mum was always cross since Daddy had left and she was always very tired.
That night his mum said that they had to hurry up with their tea – she wanted to take a cake up to the old peoples’ home, because it was Mr Wilcox’s birthday.
Ollie liked Mr Wilcox, and all the old
people at the home. It was like having
lots of grandmas and grandpas. Mr
Wilcox was his favourite though.
He used to play football for
Bluntingford Athletic in the
town where Ollie and
his mum now lived.
Ollie and Mr Wilcox would talk for hours about football, because Ollie really loved football too and was very good at it. If it wasn’t for old Mr Wilcox, Ollie might have kept the secret about his stolen trainers for quite a while.
Ollie’s mother said, “You can show Mr Wilcox your new trainers when we get to the home, Ollie.” Ollie went bright red and felt his tummy going all bubbly and his legs go all wobbly. He went to his room trying to work out what to do and getting very worried.
“Come on, Ollie,” said Mum. “We’ll be late.”
Ollie put his old trainers on and followed his mum out to