1994 · not illustrated yet
Seven Day Wonders
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“Every fad lasted a week. Pogo sticks, diabolos, rollerblades, hospital visits.”
One week, it is pogo sticks. The next, diabolos. The next, rollerblades. Every kid in Bramblewick is devoted to the latest craze, and every craze ends the same way: with a trip to the clinic for a spectacular new injury. But what happens when the village runs out of children?
“Right, that's it... who wants to have a go on my pogo stick?”
From the back cover
In Bramblewick, fads move fast. Every week brings a new must-have toy to master, from pogo sticks to rollerblades. The problem is, each new craze also brings a new kind of injury.
Soon, the village clinic is overflowing with children sporting casts, slings and impressive bandages. The grown-ups just think it is clumsy kids being clumsy. They have no idea what is really going on.
- Where
- Everywhere in the village
- When
- One craze per week, all year
- Who
- The whole gang
- Props
- Pogo stick, Diabolo, Rollerblades, Skimboard
- The oblivious grown-up
- Parents assumed each craze would last
- Got away with
- One A&E visit per fad, all recorded as falls