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- ISBN 9781444973440
- Weight: 220g
- Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 26 Feb 2026
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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NOT FOR GROWN-UPS!
Wish your school was a SMART SCHOOL?
With shiny, TALKING SCOOTERS to take you to your classes?
And vending machines full of delicious SNACKS?
When a new Smart School opens up, Kamal and his friends are part of the lucky first test group. With robot teachers, vending machines full of free snacks, and talking scooters that take you to your classes, what could possibly go wrong?
The answer: everything.
With the trusty Cheat Book and its lifehacks by his side, can Kamal find a way to fight back? 🤖
Join Kamal on his hilarious new adventure, from brilliant author-illustrator RAMZEE. Perfect for 8+ readers of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Loki. With black-and-white illustrations throughout!
PRAISE FOR THE CHEAT BOOK (vol.1):
'Laugh-out-loud funny. Kids are going to love The Cheat Book!' Cressida Cowell, bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon
'Comedy gold!' Louie Stowell, bestselling author of Loki: A Bad God's Guide series
'Clever and hilarious ... A funny and much needed fresh voice in the middle grade arena' Dapo Adeola, award-winning illustrator
'An authentic heart-warming story, jam-packed with fun, friendship and just the right amount of peril - it's the coolest book in town!' Rachael Davis, author of I am NOT a Prince!
'Move over, Tom Gates, there's a new kid on the block! The Cheat Book is an absolutely hilarious, riot of a read' Swapna Haddow, author of the Dave Pigeon series
'A HILARIOUS quest for coolness. It's fresh, it's joyous... Children are going to love it!' Rashmi Sirdeshpande, award-winning children's author
RAMZEE (Ramsey Hassan) is an author-illustrator based in London. He has written comic books for 2000ad and Marvel and designs and runs his own comics and illustration workshops. He was nominated for a British Comics Award in 2016, won the Second Prize in the Faber Children's FAB Prize in 2017, was selected to take part in the Vaults Festival New Writers Programme in 2019 and recently was chosen for the BBC's London Voices Writer's Room Programme.
You can find him on Twitter @ramzeerawkz or his website www.ramseyhassan.com.
