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The Magic Campervan, Book 1: The Forbidden Slide Kindle Edition

by Lisa Selvidge (Author), Paula Watt (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
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Merida, a special campervan made in Portugal, has arrived in England.

Zoe and Vincent are close by in a park in Norwich. Zoe is avoiding her nagging mother and the school bully when she meets a strange girl who whizzes down a slide that shimmers gold, then blue, then purple. When Zoe tries it is like sliding through clay.

Zoe pinches the girl and buries her shoes but the girl is strangely nice to her and leads her, Vincent and her mother to Merida where they are told they are about to go on the greatest journey of their lives.


'Lisa Selvidge’s The Forbidden Slide is a fun book, involving a quest for the fastest slide in the world. Adult caution, control, and common sense is pitted against children’s thirst for excitement, and the magic talking-flying-advice-giving campervan is definitely on the children’s side. Encounter follows encounter on the way as the campervan proceeds. At the heart of the book is a belief in the get-up-and-go spirit of childhood. '
George Szirtes, poet and translator, winner of CLPE Prize 2015

‘A flying campervan taking cheeky children on exciting and wonderful adventures…. Lisa Selvidge is a talented storyteller and The Magic Campervan is sure to find a place in the hearts of kids and parents alike!’
Richard Zimler, author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon and The Gospel According to Lazarus

‘Merida, the magic campervan, is a fantastic creation - a kind of modern day Mary Poppins crossed with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A great mix of the magical and the everyday with a fine moral about transcending our pasts underlying it all. With wild travels, humour and a glorious journey, this is a story for children and adults to enjoy together. I loved it!’ Ian Nettleton, author of The Last Migration
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    7 - 18 years
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    168 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    December 15, 2021
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About the Author

Lisa Selvidge lives with her son in the mountains of the Algarve, Portugal. She teaches online fiction and non-fiction courses for universities in the UK. www.lisaselvidge.net

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09NQ8VDY9
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Montanha Books; 1st edition (December 15, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 15, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 6337 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
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    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

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Lisa Selvidge

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Lisa studied Russian Language and Literature and Portuguese at SSEES and King's College, University of London, followed by an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. She taught at the Norwich School of Art & Design and the UEA for many years and still teaches short online creative writing courses for the University of York and Oxford. She lives in the mountains of the Algarve, Portugal, where she runs occasional workshops and writing retreats. As well as fiction, she has written travel articles and a Writing Fiction Workbook - a step-by-step guide to writing short fiction. Some of her work has been translated into German and Portuguese.

In 2012, she had a son and while he was young she spent much time travelling in a campervan around Europe. Once, when sitting in a traffic jam on the M25 in the UK, she began to think how fun and useful it would be if the campervan could fly... talk even... And so began the idea of the Magic Campervan. Five years later, in 2021, the first book is out.

She can be found at lisaselvidge.net and is always happy to hear from anyone interested in writing.

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Georg Anscheidt
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and exciting - not just for children
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Very funny and nice story about a campervan that can fly and do other interesting things. A troll spreads fear and terror, but in the end turns out reasonable and understandable from his point of view. Sensitively and excitingly told, especially the end is highly dramatic (but of course it ends well...) My stepson (9 years) and I are waiting for the next episode.
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