- Title:
- Gangsta Granny
- By:
- David Walliams
- Pages:
- 299
- Rating:
- 3
Another hilarious and moving novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country. A story of prejudice and acceptance, funny lists and silly words, this new book has all the hallmarks of David’s previous bestsellers.
Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma’s house. She’s the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn’t know about his grandma:
1) She was once an international jewel thief.
2) All her life, she has been plotting to steal the Crown Jewels, and now she needs Ben’s help…
I enjoyed watching this last Christmas on television and the novel held little difference (other than Jedward, of course, which was cool). I’m not a fan of Walliam’s particular type of potty humour, but the message here for the young toward the elderly is valid and cleverly delivered.