By Tony Bradman

Andersen Press £5.99

Michael was . . . different. His teachers said he was the worst boy in the school. He was always late and he was a little scruffy. Is there no hope for him at all? Does being different mean that you are lazy, or bad? Michael has his own views on life and an independent streak, and yet, has his own way of surprising those who have written him off.

Tony Bradman’s text is given even more life by Tony Ross’s illustrations