Sam Wu and friends are about to become a HUGE hit with young readers across the UK (and hopefully the world!).

The creative team will be led by director Emily Ling Williams (recent winner of Best Director at the 2023 Stage Debut Awards for ‘A Playlist for the Revolution’, Bush Theatre) and writer Julie Tsang. Yep, I had tons of fun, and I am very happy to see that we will be getting more Sam Wu adventures, I can't wait for it to come out! <3 I would recommend this book to everyone! Sam is er van overtuigd dat er een spook in zijn huis is. Van zijn vrienden krijgt hij tips om dit spook te verjagen. Maar of dat wel zo’n goed idee is.. Om heel stoer over te komen, neemt Sam een heel stoer huisdier. En dat huisdier verdwijnt… Nu hebben Sam en zijn vrienden eigenlijk twee missies. Het spook verslaan en het vermiste huisdier vinden. De drie beroemde Billy Bones woorden op de achterkant zijn: humor, overwinnen en leesgemak. Het boek is zeer grappig. Niet alleen de situaties, maar juist vooral de personages. Het zusje van Sam vond ik eigenlijk het grappigste personage, ik kon me goed met haar identificeren haha. Sam is een beetje een buitenbeentje, maar hij heeft wel twee hele goede vrienden.Ghostly silliness mixes with middle school adventure to make an exciting read which even reluctant readers are sure to enjoy. Sam’s best friends, Zoe and Bernard, visit his house to meet Fang. When a fuse blows, plunging them into darkness, they hear eerie noises and then realise Fang has gone missing. Sam concludes that the snake has been kidnapped by the Ghost King, a terrifying character from Sam’s favourite TV space show. Can the three friends banish the ghost, rescue Fang and live to tell the tale?

The book starts to tell us what happened that was so horrible. Well, it is pretty horrible, and tons of embarrassing. I can imagine that he doesn't want to go to school any more, I know I wouldn't have gone either. :( Then again, he did go into that machine, so in a way that was brave of him. It is just a shame his body betrayed him, otherwise he would have come out a hero. Sam, Zoe and Bernard--with some help from Sam's little sister, Lucy--set out to do just that. What follows is a rambunctious story of trial and error before they are able to solve both problems. Both problems (Fang and the ghost) are resolved in absolutely believable ways, when applying the logic of 8-10 year-olds. Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of Ghosts was first published in 2018 and was the first of a series of six titles, all of which deal with common childhood fears in a hilarious, sensitive and accessible way. I just adored Sam's friends, especially Zoe. They are the very best friends one can have. They are there for him when he needs it. They try to help out with the ghost and the snake. They like to try out new things (like the food, though I didn't like how rude they were about it at first). The ghost (and what it turned out to be) was just the best. I had a suspicion it would be that, and was happy to see it confirmed.

I am not too sure about him getting a snake and his parents allowing it. He is so afraid of it, that I wonder if he can care for it properly. A snake still needs love, and if you are just going to let it in the terrarium or dodge it every time it moves, I am sure the snake isn't going to be very happy. Later on he did show that he is getting over his fear for the snake, but still I wondered if it was really a good idea to allow him to have one. Maybe not until he really learns to care for it. Sam Wu hat absolut keine Angst vor Geister, wirklich nicht. Das muss er jetzt beweisen, denn seit im beim Schulausflug ein riesengroßer Patzer passiert ist, den er und seine Freunde nie wieder erwähnen sollen, wird er von seinem Erzfeind Ralf nun immer „Sam Angsthase“ genannt. Jetzt muss Sam im das Gegenteil beweisen, doch wie stellt er das an. Als erster muss er sich ein cooles Haustier zulegen, da er weiß, dass seine Eltern das nicht erlauben würden, besorgt er sich mit Hilfe seiner Oma eine Schlange. Das Tier wäre schon mal da, jetzt muss Sam nur noch ein Abenteuer bestehen und dabei sollen ihm seine zwei besten Freunde Zoe und Anton helfen. Ob sie das zusammen schaffen? This book is 100% adorable, hilarious and full of joy. After a terrible Incident That Shall Not Be Discussed Again, Sam Wu is determined to prove his courage to his classmates after all, no matter what it takes - from adopting a snake that terrifies him to hunting ghosts through his house and facing his little sister's psychotic cat, Buttercup.

Sam Wu is NOT a scaredy-cat (except he is). When a trip to the Space Museum goes terrifyingly wrong, Sam begins a mission to prove to everyone that he is a fearless space adventurer…

Award-winning Northern Irish author Oliver Jeffers launched his hugely successful picture book career in 2004 with How to Catch a Star which went on to have enormous commercial and critical success. This stage debut coincides with the book’s twentieth anniversary year. Brilliantly funny new series about the bravest scaredy-cat in the worldSam Wu is NOT a scaredy-cat (except he is). When a trip to the Space Museum goes terrifyingly wrong, Sam begins a mission to prove to the school bully, and all of his friends, that he is a fearless space adventurer. A truly laugh-out-loud, voice-led and madcap story of ghost hunting, snakes and mischievous pet cats called Butterbutt, perfect for fans of Tom Gates, Wilf the Mighty Worrier and Barry Loser, and readers aged six plus., Look out for Sam's jawsome follow-up adventure - Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Sharks! coming in July 2018. Katie and Kevin Tsang met in in 2008 while studying at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since then they have lived on three different continents and travelled to over 40 countries together., In 2015 they got married in Palm Springs, California. Kevin was born in Copenhagen and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. Some of Sam Wu's experiences are based on Kevin's childhood., He currently works as a healthcare technology consultant. Katie was born and raised in Southern California and also writes YA as Katherine Webber. Katie and Kevin currently live in London., Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of Ghosts is their first joint novel.

Sam Wu Hat KEINE Angst vor Geistern ist Band 1 der Reihe, in dieser geht es um Sam Wu und wie er seine Ängste überwindet, die er natürlich gar nicht hat. Die Reihe ist für LeserInnen ab 6 Jahren. Polka Theatre has announced the premiere of a new stage adaptation of Kevin and Katie Tsang’s best-selling book Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of Ghosts, which is published by Farshore, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Recommended for 6 – 12-year-olds, the adaptation will play in the Main Theatre at the Wimbledon venue from Saturday 22 June – Sunday 18 August 2024. Um . . . OK, I'm not sure where to start with this review, but when I first got this ARC in my mailbox, the first thing I thought was, "Hasn't this book already been published, like, 10 years ago?" Then my husband, always eager to find new Asian authors, who write about Asian characters, skimmed the book, and said, "I swear to god that I've already read this book, but I liked it better the first time." I dug around in my files and found a book I had almost forgotten about called Alvin Ho Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look.

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Branar’s signature storytelling creates a show which reminds us all to follow our dreams. Seamlessly blending puppetry from Suse Reibisch with a magical original score by Colm Mac Con Iomaire and directed by Marc Mac Lochlainn, How to Catch a Star is a non-verbal show aimed at 3 – 5 year olds, and is kindly supported by Culture Ireland. Lastly, I want to say that I love how the book was full of fun illustrations, arrows with texts pointing at parts of the story, and all the other things, it made the book even more fun to read.