Michael Lawrence Books In Order

The Poltergoose

When Jiggy McCue moves to the Brook Farm Estates, strange things start happening something big and angry and invisible keeps hissing at him and poking his rear end. When Jiggy realizes he’s being haunted by a dead goose a Poltergoose he calls on his friends Pete and Angie for help. Together the Three Musketeers whose motto is ‘One for all, and all for lunch!’ set off to find out where The Poltergoose came from, why it’s haunting Jiggy, and how to send it back where it belongs. With a wisecracking narrator, totally wacky plot, and tons of gross out humor, The Poltergoose is laugh out loud funny and perfect for today’s kids.

The Killer Underpants

Jiggy’s mom just bought him a pair of possessed underpants and now Jiggy’s in a really, uh, tight squeeze! When Jiggy tries the underpants on, they shrink to fit, and he can’t get them off. The harder Jiggy yanks on them, the tighter they grip! Worst of all, they itch like crazy and when they do, Jiggy loses control and his thoughts seem to have power over other people. Join Jiggy and his best friends, Pete and Angie, in this hilarious escapade as they try to conquer The Killer Underpants!

The Toilet of Doom

‘Feel that your life has gone down the pan? Well here’s your chance to swap it for a better one!’ When these tempting words appear on the computer screen, Jiggy McCue just can’t resist. He hits ‘F for Flush’ and…
Oh dear. He really shouldn’t have done that. Because the life he gets in place of his own is a very embarrassing one for a boy. Another loo ny adventure with The Three Musketeers! ‘Fast paced action and irrverent humour…
Michael Lawrence has a very quirky talent, given full rein here..’ Publishing News Starred Choice The Poltergoose and The Killer Underpants

Maggot Pie

There is a tradition in Jiggy’s hometown by which the night before a boy’s first day at school his father takes him to the Piddle Pool near the old quarry. Boys pee in the pool for a lucky school life. But Jiggy’s dad never took him…
and now Jiggy wants to change his run of bad luck. One night, mid piddle, something happens and a genie rises out of the water. Will Jiggy’s luck be reversed…
or will it just get worse?!

Ryan’s Brain

This eighth Jiggy McCue story sees Jiggy and his pals, Angie and Pete, as usual, in trouble. This time, they are under threat from the brain of Bryan Ryan, one of their classmates. BRyan’s Brain is out of control and threatening to take over the world! And only Jiggy, Pete and Angie, the ‘Three Musketeers’, can stop it. One for All and All for Lunch!

The Iron, the Switch and the Broom Cupboard

This ninth ‘Jiggy McCue’ story sees Jiggy entering an alternative reality when he hides in the school caretaker’s broom cupboard. In this new world, Jiggy finds he has swapped places with a boy called Juggy who is about to go on a school trip – a trip to compete in the UK Extreme Ironing Championships.

A Crack in the Line

The mystery has begun

It’s been two years since his mother died in a terrible train crash, and Alaric’s life continues to unravel. He and his father are barely on speaking terms, and Withern Rise, their Victorian mansion, is in shambles. Trapped at home during a blizzard, Alaric stumbles into a parallel world; a reality in which his mother is still alive. There’s only one problem…
someone else is living his life.

Naia

Naia tries not to dwell on the horrible accident two years ago that nearly took her mother away. Now that life with her parents in Withern Rise has returned to normal, Naia thinks the worst is behind her. But during a freak snowstorm she’s confronted by a stranger. Why does this boy look like her? Why does he have the same thoughts? The same memories? Who is he?

Alaric’s and Naia’s discovery of each other sets off an electrifying chain of events. And as their lives and lifelines entwine, the two teenagers uncover a truth with the power to rearrange, or even erase, their very existence.

Small Eternities

Four months ago in the snowy depths of winter, Alaric and Naia, two teenagers who’d never met, discovered they were living almost identical lives in different versions of Withern Rise, their riverside Victorian mansion. One day, they accidentally stranded themselves in the wrong realities. Now it’s summer, and heavy rains have caused the river to overflow. Withern Rise’s grounds are under water when Alaric and Naia find their separate ways into an earlier reality a small eternity and meet a boy called Aldous. Aldous Underwood. But who is this Aldous? Is he the old vagrant Naia has met in the present day, or an Aldous destined to die very soon, under mysterious circumstances? And will their meeting change Underwood history?

The Underwood See

Eight months ago, during the depths of a snowy winter, Alaric and Naia Underwood switched realities. Then in June, as floodwaters surrounded their two versions of the house called Withern Rise, they met again, and tragedy struck.

It’s autumn now, and Naia is feeling haunted. She’s seeing things that shouldn’t be there, and an unseen hand draws her into a tangled forest, where she meets an Alaric who lives like a savage. Here, in this dying reality, are the answers to so many questions&8212if she can only reach the man who calls himself Aldous U.

Life-changing resolutions are in the air in the worlds of The Underwood See.

The Griffin and Oliver Pie

Oliver Pie is thrilled when he finds an ancient stone griffin under the weeds and ivy beyond the garden wall, but the griffin is crumbly and crotchety. Once it was the proud Guardian of Hidden Treasure – now it is sad and neglected. But Oliver Pie is determined to become its friend…

Baby Loves Hugs and Kisses

In this sequel to ‘Baby Loves’ toddlers will meet all the important people in Baby’s world. It aims to introduce them to first words and concepts, and encourage them to try out all the different hugs and kisses as they read this book over and over.