Too Small to Fail

Morris Gleitzman

May 2011 · Bolinda · Narrated by Morris Gleitzman

About this audiobook

1 boy. 1 girl. 1 camel. Squillions of dollars. A plan that can’t fail. Or can it? Oliver’s parents own a bank. This makes them very rich, very important and very busy. Oliver, on the other hand, is terrible at maths and aspires to nothing more than owning the puppy that he frequently visits at his local pet shop. When a mysterious woman threatens to harm the puppy if Oliver can’t make her fortune (unfortunately, Oliver’s parents seem to have misplaced her investment. Something to do with some stuff on the news), Oliver hatches a plan which will take him further than he ever imagined...

About the author

Morris Gleitzman grew up in England and came to Australia when he was 16. He was a frozen-chicken thawer, sugar-mill rolling-stock unhooker, fashion-industry trainee, student, department-store Santa, TV producer, newspaper columnist and screenwriter. Then he had a wonderful experience. He wrote a novel for young people. Now, after 42 books, he’s an internationally bestselling children’s author. In 2018 and 2019 he was the Australian Children’s Laureate.