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Amazing Author Visits GEMS… Peter J Murray

On Thursday 18th October, Peter J Murray came to GEMS. He told us many cool things including scary stories. He wanted us to call him ‘Pete’ and he has a wife called Kath. He used to be a Maths teacher. He also has two grandchildren. (Both of them are too young and so can’t read his books.) Peter has a son called Simon who illustrates his books.

On Thursday 18th October, Peter J Murray came to GEMS. He told us many cool things including scary stories. He wanted us to call him ‘Pete’ and he has a wife called Kath. He used to be a Maths teacher. He also has two grandchildren. (Both of them are too young and so can’t read his books.) Peter has a son called Simon who illustrates his books.

He is most famous for his Mokee Joe books. He wrote the story of Mokee Joe based on a game he used to play with his kids. He showed us his three characters and told us how he felt like they were his own children. The characters were kids called Hudson, Molly and Ashley. (He revealed the secret of Molly’s new hairstyle). They all have different personalities. He told us about his six different books, doing some funny impressions and telling funny stories. He told us about an evil character called The Princess and talked about launching his fourth book in the Apollo Theatre. He told stories about New Orleans, the spookiest city in the world, and showed us pictures. In New Orleans, they believe in Voodoo and so Pete went to a Voodoo museum. He showed pictures of a school in New Orleans which had been rebuilt after it was blown away by Hurricane Katrina. We were then shown pictures of Dubai, where the last book (the sixth book) is set. At the end, he showed us the cover of the new book. All in all, Peter J Murray’s visit was excellent.

Written by Shuwen and Mabel Year 5