Reggie Houser has the power

Author: Helen Rutter

Publisher: Scholastic

ISBN: 9780702314650

About the book

Reggie Houser has ADHD and struggles to make friends at school, plus his mum and teachers seem constantly weary about his erratic, high-energy ways. But when he sees a hypnotist perform on stage at the holiday park he visits, Reggie becomes obsessed with learning the skills behind mind control - and he discovers he has an incredible talent for it! First of all he hypnotises the dog to think he's a frog, then makes his headmaster cluck like a chicken in assembly in front of the whole school - but then a group of mean kids supposedly take him under their wing and make him use his hypnosis talents for bad: stealing a chocolate bar from a shop and escalating to a bigger theft. Reggie must decide to use his skills for good only and come to trust his own brain to make decisions. 

Related websites

• Author's website 
• Author's X account   
• Author's Instagram account 
• Publisher's Reggie Houser activity pack   

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Other books by the author:

• Me and my Brian 
• The piano at the station 
• The funniest by in the world 
• The boy whose wishes came true 
• The boy who made everyone laugh 

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