Everything ever by Jon Blake

Junior Fiction

'Trick or Treat?' (Blackie, 1988)
'Oddly' (Kestrel, 1989)
'Roboskool' (Blackie, 1990)
'Roboskool - the Revenge' (Blackie, 1991)
'The King of Rock and Roll' (Walker, 1991)
'The Melody of Oddly' (Puffin, 1992)
'Mark Two' (Ginn,1995)
'The Supreme Dream Machine' (Walker, 1998)
'Space Rock and Five-a-side' (OUP, 2001)
'One-Girl School' (OUP, 2001), reprinted as 'I Rule Dogsbottom School' (2005)
'Dogsbottom School Goes Totally Mental' (OUP, 2005)
'Dogsbottom School Loses the Plot' (OUP, 2005)
'The Deadly Secret of Dorothy W' (Hodder, 2003)
'The Mad Mission of Jasmin J' (Hodder, 2004)
'Stinky Finger's House of Fun' (Hodder, 2005)
'Crazy Party at the House of Fun' (Hodder, 2005)

Junior Fiction – historical

'The Sandbag Secret' (Watts, 1997) – tale of London in the Blitz
'Sid’s War' (Watts, 1999) – tale of wartime evacuation
'Down the Drain' (Watts, 1999) – tale of building London's sewers
'The Canal Diggers' (Watts,1999) – tale of early canal navigation

Junior Fiction – adaptations

'Macbeth' (OUP, 2001)

Novels (young adult)

'Yatesy’s Rap' (Kestrel, 1986)
'Geoffrey’s First' (Walker, 1988)
'Holiday in Happy Street' (Walker, 1989)
'True Beautiful Game' (Walker, 2002)

Graphic Novels (young adult)

'Crush' (Ginn,1995)
'Escape from the Rave Police' (Ginn,1995)
'Time Exchange' (Collins Ed, 1996)
'Broken Hearts and Rock and Roll' (Heinemann, 2002)

Early Reader Books

'The Ghost of Joseph Grey' (Simon and Schuster,1994)
'Little Stupendo' (Walker,1995):- shortlisted for Childrens Book Award, 1996
'FS3' (Heinemann,1995) - republished as ‘Danger Eyes’.1999
'Little Stupendo Rides Again' (Walker,1999)
'Little Stupendo Flies High' (Walker, 2001)
'The Beast of Bobbin Moor' (OUP, 2001)

Picture Books

'Wriggly Pig' (Hutchinson,1991)
'Daley B' (Walker, 1992):- republished as ‘'You're a Hero, Daley B', 1993
'Impo' (Walker,1992)
'Binka and the Banana Boat' (Collins, 1991)
'Pilot Bird and Gums' (Collins, 1991)

Collected Stories

'Showdown' (Kestrel, 1988)
'The Likely Stories' (Kestrel, 1991)
'The Hell Hound of Hooley St' (Walker, 1993)
'How I Became A Star' (Dutton, 1995)

Stories in Anthologies

'King' in 'Misfits' (ed Woodford) (Bodley Head,1984)
'The Pinheads' in 'Electric Heroes' (ed Gowar) (Bodley Head,1988)
'Sonia Plays a Record' in 'The Trick of the Tale' (ed Eccleshare) (Viking, 1991)
'The Threepenny Opera' (adaptation) in 'It Isnt Over Till The Fat Lady Sings' (ed Gowar) (Bodley Head,1992)

Playscripts (young adult)

'Honest' (Ginn,1997)
'Arcade Games' (Heinemann, 1999)
'King' (Heinemann, 2000)
'Ghost Watch' (Heinemann, 2001)

Television Scripts

'Todd and Blod' – animation scripts for Curriculum Bites teaching creative writing skills (BBC, 2002).
'Life' - play for English Express (BBC, 1995) - shortlisted for Writers Guild Best Script for Children 1996
Four animation scripts for 'The Mouse House (BBC,1995)'
'Direct Action' - play for Dramarama (TVS,1986)

Radio Scripts (adult)

'Degrees R Us' (2001) - winner of BBC Radio Nations Comedy Cup;
Pilot broadcast April 2002, BBC Wales.
Series broadcast Dec 2002 - Jan 2003.
'Nightmare on Clifton St' – community sitcom, broadcast Oct 2005, Star Radio.

Stage Plays (adult)

'Net' - community play, first performed WEA, Nottingham, 1986
'Cut And Shut' - first performed Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, 1997
'Blow City Rollers' – produced by Sgript Cymru, Chapter Arts Centre, 2003

Want to get them?

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