Fang

By A M Layet and Heather Colbert

Jamie is not happy. Everyone in his family treats him like a baby, even though he's six. Then, there’s a terrible accident at school, and two of his baby teeth are knocked out. Over the summer holidays, his new teeth grow and grow and grow. He goes back to school for the new term with teeth a tiger would be proud of, and no one is going to mistake Jamie for a baby again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Skillywidden
• Release date: Aug 19, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311857828

A M Layet

A M Layet began writing because, like baking, homemade tastes better. If you come across one of her tasty treats, tuck in and enjoy.

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Table of Contents

Chapter One – Four Boys

Chapter Two – Pureed Banana Milkshake

Chapter Three – Back to School

Chapter Four – Tug of War

Chapter Five – Home

Chapter Six - Fame

Chapter One - Four boys

Jamie Stanley Green was the youngest member of the Green family. He was six, nearly seven. He knew more about crocodiles than anyone in his class. He carried a bag to school that was bigger than he was. And he couldn't remember the last time he cried. Despite this, his family treated him like a baby. He had the feeling even when he was sixty, they would still treat him like a baby.

He had three older brothers and each brother had a different way of making Jamie feel small. Brian, at twelve, was the oldest, and he didn’t pay much attention to Jamie. If Jamie had sailed away to a remote island in the Pacific Ocean, Brian might not have noticed. Mostly, Brian had his nose in a book, or his face hovering over a screen, watching a clip about aliens. Occasionally, Brian noticed Jamie. Then he would pick up Jamie up, turn him upside down like a salt cellar, and shake him to see if any bits fell off.

Sam, the next oldest, was ten. Because he wasn't as big as Brian, he had come up with a different way of making his little brother feel small. He was a master of misleading information and was always playing jokes. Jamie, he would say, if you brush your teeth every day, you will wear then out and have to wear false teeth like Gramps. Or, Dad actually prefers salt in his coffee. Or, his favourite, Did you know toilet paper is only for girls?

Harry was the closest in age to Jamie, too close in fact. Just one school year separated them and only