Summer reads to satiate and surpass

Slime

British author and former comic actor David Walliams has firmly established himself as his generation's Roald Dahl, with an ability to pen fantastically funny and engaging tales, all illustrated by Dahl's former artist, Tony Ross. Slime is a tiny island that's home to a large number of nasty grown-ups who run the schools, parks, shops and even the ice cream van, and they all make the little ones' lives miserable. Something needs to be done. But, who is brave enough to take on the nastiest adult of them all – the island's owner, Aunt Greta Greed? Meet Ned, the boy wonder with a special power: slimepower!