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First published in Great Britain in 2019
by Egmont UK Limited
The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN
Text copyright © 2019 Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang
Illustration copyright © 2019 Nathan Reed
Additional interior illustrations copyright © 2019 Egmont Ltd
First e-book edition 2019
ISBN 978 1 4052 8753 1
Ebook ISBN 978 1 7803 1817 2
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FOR OUR NEPHEW COOPER
-Katie & Kevin Tsang
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: WHAT COULD BE WORSE THAN SHARKS?
CHAPTER 2: WORSE THAN BEING ZAPPED THROUGH A WORMHOLE
CHAPTER 3: SURPRISE FROM HONG KONG
CHAPTER 4: BAD NEWS FROM THE FUTURE
CHAPTER 5: BOOKS WON’T SAVE YOU FROM BEARS
CHAPTER 6: A MILLION ROCKS ON MY BACK
CHAPTER 7: IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS
CHAPTER 8: A SUSPICIOUS SNORT
CHAPTER 9: HOT DOGS AND MARSHMALLOWS
CHAPTER 10: A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION
CHAPTER 11: NO MAN’S LAND
CHAPTER 12: INTO THE DARK
CHAPTER 13: A LONG NIGHT
CHAPTER 14: WHAT’S THE PLAN, CAPTAIN?
CHAPTER 15: WHAT LIVES IN CAVES?
CHAPTER 16: ALIEN INTERFERENCE
CHAPTER 17: HOOT-HOOT-HOOT!
CHAPTER 18: THE CREATURE IN THE DARK
CHAPTER 19: SPACE BLASTERS IN THE SKY
CHAPTER 20: MASTERS OF THE DARK
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My name is Sam Wu and I am NOT afraid of the dark. Or sharks. Or ghosts.
You might be wondering why I’m listing out all the things I’m NOT afraid of.
It’s because lately I’ve had to prove just how very brave I am.
And let me tell you, proving how brave you are is HARD WORK.
Only the bravest can do it, really.
Most recently, I had to prove I wasn’t afraid of sharks. This is because Ralph Philip Zinkerman the Third, who is the WORST PERSON IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, invited me to his birthday. At the beach. And as everybody knows, the beach is home of the sharks. Ralph was basically inviting me to Certain Doom.
But Ralph underestimated just how brave I am (as usual). With the help of my two best friends, Zoe and Bernard, and a trusty chilli-pepper belt (it made sense at the time), we were able to outsmart the sharks and Ralph. I even saved Ralph’s grandpa from getting eaten by a shark!1
Before the sharks, well, there was this whole situation with a ghost in my house. And my pet snake, Fang, who is VERY dangerous, went missing. We still think that maybe the ghost and Fang were working together.
At least I still think that. Bernard tells me that we have no evidence.
