Gangsta Granny

Gangsta Granny

By David Walliams

20 ratings 32 reviews 23 followers
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 4 - 8Grade 5n/a4.930285
A hilarious and moving story of old age, adventure, stolen jewels and swimming the Thames, from from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country. "I absolutely love David Walliams's books. In a few more years they will become classics." - Sue Townsend, author of Adrian Mole 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...
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN-13: 9780007371464
ISBN-10: 0007371462
Published on 2/28/2013
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 304

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Gangsta Granny is a really good book, its were there is a young boy named George thinks his granny is really boring. She likes to play scramble, eat cabbage and spent time with her only grandson. His mom works at a nail shop and his dad works as a police man in front on a supermarket. One day he went to his Grandma's it was a normal day, Georges grandma goes to bed and he phones his parent to take him home because she was boring. Georges grandma heard his whole conversation with his parents. The next time George went to his grandma he got tired of eating cabbage and remembered hid grandma kept biscuits is a tin on her cabinet so he reached to get it, when he opened the box the're were lots of jewels, George was thinking to himself was his grandma a billionaire or a gangsta. Georges grandma told him all about her stories of stealing jewels and they both planned to steal the crown. Before they did the plan Georges grandma got really ill but did not tell George the truth about her illness. they rode on a old person scooter all the way to the queens home, they hopped into the drains and they ended up meeting the queen! While they where with the queen Georges grandma confessed that she is not a jewel thief and she was suffering cancer. Hope you enjoyed have a great day!

its really a cool book

this is my favourite book it is really GGOOD

Riley aged 7 Riley aged 7

I like it because it has funny words.Some of the actors act like gangsters.One chapter is called The love bomb it's funny because he dressed up as funny things.

it was so funny my fave part was when the boy named gorge found out that his granny was a robber. ps there is a movie.

Thug life Thug life

I never chose thug life. Thug life chose me

I really loved this book because there grandma pretends to be a gangsta when she isn't to spend time with her grandchild.

I decided to read this book because I have red the others and they are cool.ilike how bens grany is a gangsta

It is funny adventurous and cool when Ben find out his granny was a thief he was amazed!

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