Miki and the Cricket Bat

By Malla Duncan
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Published: June 08, 2011
Words: 11,212 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780987005243

Short description

A fun family story set in Cape Town and suitable for African and all readers aged 9 – 14. When Miki borrows an old cricket bat, he hopes it might turn out to be a ‘magic’ bat. Unfortunately, after the embarrassing interference of his family, it seems that the bat will ruin his cricketing dreams. But Miki has no idea that the bat will eventually bring him luck in ways he can’t imagine.

Extended description

In this delightful tale, you’ll meet eleven year-old Miki Mavuya and his quirky family; his wonderful mom who works tirelessly to keep the family going, his serious and scientific-minded brother Sepo, and his outrageous grandmother, Granny Noo.
Miki loves cricket and his greatest ambition is to have his own cricket bat. When he sees a second-hand one in Mr Molly’s shop window, he finds himself dreaming about owning such a bat. To his amazement, Mr Molly offers to lend him the bat to play a match against the Swallows Eleven who boast the superb bowler, Fluke Robbins.
Promising to take great care of the bat, Micky takes it home and hides it in the broom cupboard in the kitchen. A poor choice as it turns out, because his grandmother uses it to stir her gigantic and infamous culinary concoction known as the Munchie-Crunchie pudding. The bat is stained a horrible pink!
Forced to play with this embarrassing bat, Micky finds a way to turn disaster into triumph and wins the match. But w.. (Read more) In this delightful tale, you’ll meet eleven year-old Miki Mavuya and his quirky family; his wonderful mom who works tirelessly to keep the family going, his serious and scientific-minded brother Sepo, and his outrageous grandmother, Granny Noo.
Miki loves cricket and his greatest ambition is to have his own cricket bat. When he sees a second-hand one in Mr Molly’s shop window, he finds himself dreaming about owning such a bat. To his amazement, Mr Molly offers to lend him the bat to play a match against the Swallows Eleven who boast the superb bowler, Fluke Robbins.
Promising to take great care of the bat, Micky takes it home and hides it in the broom cupboard in the kitchen. A poor choice as it turns out, because his grandmother uses it to stir her gigantic and infamous culinary concoction known as the Munchie-Crunchie pudding. The bat is stained a horrible pink!
Forced to play with this embarrassing bat, Micky finds a way to turn disaster into triumph and wins the match. But when the bat turns out to be more than just an ordinary cricket bat – in fact a very valuable bat – he lives in terror that he will have to pay for the damages inflicted by his grandmother. But through the honesty and integrity of family and friends, a solution is found that goes way beyond Miki’s expectations.
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fiction, family, fun, africa, humour, sport, english reading

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