Frankie Best Hates Quests

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Things take a turn for the worse when Grandad gets kidnapped by gnoblins (no, that is not spelt incorrectly) forcing Frankie to embark on a rescue mission across a magical realm filled with strange creatures, dangerous enemies and - worst of all - absolutely no WiFi. Smiths world building was amazingly magical, and throughout every chapter I felt transported to Pararellia. But Frankie's eyes are opened by a completely different world which leads to a massive adventure where they meet a vast mix of creatures and characters. I’ve not read a middle grade for 24 years and although I’m a lot older now I enjoyed every second of this book it made me feel like a child all over again. Chris worked for many years as a newsreader and presenter on radio stations including Xfm and BBC Radio 1.

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Frankie Best Hates Quests brings together gaming, fantasy and relatable characters in an accessible epic adventure! I couldn’t find the name of the cover artist but I think it might have also been Kenneth Anderson, going off the similarity to the internal illustrations. Frankie Best Hates Quests is a love letter to the great sci-fi/fantasy epic novels, especially Tolkien. However, please be aware that it uses a YouTube player and that you should check your school’s permissions to ensure that YouTube isn’t blocked.Chris Smith has wanted to be an author ever since he was eight and won a competition by writing story about a baby dinosaur who loved biscuits. At points I did feel like the author was trying a bit to hard to relate to a younger audience which is why it got a 4 star rating from me but overall this was fantastic. It's also a really good fantasy in it's own right, with fun, interesting world-building, some original ideas and good characters. Think Lord of the rings meets bedknobs and broomsticks with a bit of harry potter, echoes of Labyrinth, adventure, creatures and a quest despite Frankie raging it is most assuredly NOT A QUEST. It is YA (young adult) but don't let anyone tell you these books can only be enjoyed by or purely for youngsters.

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I really loved seeing the progression from all of the characters and I always wanted to know what was going to happen next.Very soon, she has unwittingly joined the Fellowship of the Bacon Roll and is surrounded by the brave warriors, noble sidekicks, mysterious double-crossers and conflicted villains that one would expect to see in any generic fantasy story.

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As the true nature of her quest is revealed, Frankie begins to question her priorities: perhaps there is room in her life for a little magic, after all. Frankie really doesn’t like Parallelia when she first steps into it, but her little brother Joel loves it so much! The content and ambition of the show remains the same: to give every pupil the opportunity to engage with authors and illustrators in their own classroom using the power of the internet. Not only is she stuck at Grandad’s for a whole week while her parents swan off to the arctic, now she’s discovered that there’s NO WIFI anywhere in the house!Frankie Best Hates Quests is an exciting, Pixar-like fantasy for middle grade readers from Chris Smith, one half of best-selling author duo with Greg James. Not only is she stuck at Grandad's for a whole week while her parents swan off to the arctic, now she's discovered that there's NO WIFI anywhere in the house! That's where he met Greg James, and in between messing about on the airwaves the pair created the bestselling Kid Normal series. She knows that there is nothing more important in life than being connected to your friends with WiFi and a smartphone, and she knows that little brothers who talk about orcs and goblins all the time are totally lame.

Frankie Best Hates Quests a book by Chris Smith.

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