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        Families is a series of funny stories about the most weird and wonderful 
        parents you could ever meet.....and their poor children who are usually 
        totally embarrassed by them!All the stories are illustrated by the brilliant Teresa Murfin, and are 
        published by Orchard books.
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         Explorer Trauma
 
 
  
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        Indiana Brown's mum and dad are daring explorers who have travelled the 
        world.  
        Indiana just wishes they wouldn't try out their survival skills at home 
        all the time - and definitely not at his school summer fair.... 
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    |  | Headmaster 
        Disaster
        
          
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        Bella Boffinbrain's headmaster is strict and bossy. He also happens to 
        be her dad! Back when Bella was tiny, though, her dad was a daring trapeze 
        artist in a circus but those days are long gone now....or are they?
        
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    |  | Chef 
        Shocker
        
          
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        Amy Hitchin loves the unusual food that her mum and dad cook up at their 
        restaurant. But when her parents swap places with the school dinner ladies 
        for a week, Amy realizes that maybe cabbage candy floss and mackerel meringue 
        aren't to everybody's tastes...
        
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    |  | Astronerds
 
   
 
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        Buzz Burton’s parents have the coolest job on the planet – 
        they’re astronauts! But when they start wearing their space suits 
        at home, Buzz realizes that it’s time to bring the Astronerds back 
        down to earth!
        
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    |  | Football-Mad 
        Dad
 
   
 
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        Jake Jones is a star player in the school football team. He’s also 
        got a fanatical football-mad Dad. Mr Jones causes chaos at every match, 
        and he’s only on the sidelines. Someone will have to give Mr Jones 
        a red card!
        
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    |  | Popstar 
        Panic
 
   
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        Jessica Bell’s always been proud of her popstar mum, Bee-Bee. Not 
        every child has played the tambourine in concert stadiums around the world! 
        But when Bee-Bee invites herself on stage at the school concert, Jess 
        decides it’s time to stop the popstar panic…
        
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    |  | Clown 
        Calamity
 
   
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        Milo Morris’s parents are the most popular party entertainers in 
        town. But when Mr and Mrs Morris insist on being Boom-Boom and Googles 
        at home, too, Milo decides it’s no laughing matter!
        
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    |  | Millionaire 
        Mayhem
 
   
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        When Zoe and Zach Fourleaf's parents win the lottery, they can’t 
        wait to splash the cash. But Mr and Mrs Fourleaf have some pretty odd 
        ideas about what’s cool – and soon it’s millionaire 
        mayhem…
        
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