Publisher's Synopsis
For kids aged 8 - 12 years.
A marmot who sneaks out at night to do sports!
No-one could have told Magali that she would do something she never thought she would do, just so she could go mountain biking!
Dirt trails, tricks, and kickers!
Mishka's cousins visit from Holland and they want to go mountain biking. At night! Magali isn't allowed that far up the mountain. Plus, her father locks the door at night. How is she going to ride blue trails and red trails with her best mate, Mishka, and the cousins, when a) her papa locks the front door, and b) she doesn't have a bike?
Dude, she needs to find a way. The Tricky Tricks Bike Competition is coming up! Biggest event, awesome kickers, really cool riders. She's got to be a part of it!
Middle grade book for 8-12 yrs. The adventures of Magali; a cautious adrenalin addict!
Young readers will enjoy this fantasy adventure book, set in the French Alps. There are animals of all sizes; foxes, boar, deer, rabbits, eagles, hedgehogs, owls, you name it, riding down the trails at night, while Big People are tucked up in their chalets!
Each book can be read as an individual book or as part of the Dude Series (recommended). The books have British spelling.
Dude's Gotta Snowboard (Book 1)
Dude's Gotta River Raft (Book 2)
Dude's Gotta Mountain Bike (Book 3)
Dude's Gotta Paraglide (Book 4)
Dude's Gotta Bobsleigh (Book 5)
Dude's Gotta Rock Climb (Book 6)
Dude's Gotta Paintball (Book 7)
Dude's Gotta Wakeboard (Book 8 Final book in series)
Question for the Author
How did you come up with the character of Magali?
'You know, I really love the French Alps, and looking at all the animals that live in the mountains. I'm Australian, so I had never seen a marmot before moving to France. I worked one summer, for a kids summer camp, and part of my job was to take the children out on walks. We would go looking for marmots, all of us being very quiet, secretly sneaking up to the holes in the ground, where the entrances to the marmot burrows were. Of course, we would make too much noise and the marmots would disappear into their underground tunnels, but sometimes we were lucky and able to take photos. I think their underground homes took over my imagination, and before you knew it, I had a whole chapter book in my head, with Magali as the principal character!'
