Sally Green’s novel, Half Bad has made the Guinness world record as the most translated book and the most translated children’s book by a debut author before publication. The second book in the series, Half Wild is due for release in March 2015 and I CAN’T WAIT. I absolutely loved Half Bad.

For us fans of Half Bad, there are two special bits of news. Firstly, there has been a new e-short released. It is set in the months prior to Half Bad. It’s called Half Lies: A Half Bad story.

Secondly, Sally and Penguin have released the first chapter of Half Wild which is below. Enjoy!

(Warning, there is some bad language and may not be suitable for small children.)

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a new day
a crossbill calls
another bird replies,
not a crossbill
the first bird takes over again
and again
the crossbill ñ

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