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    Monster Hair
    Monster Hair
    Monster Hair
    Ebook81 pages30 minutes

    Monster Hair

    By Jaco Jacobs and Gabi Boy

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    Ted wants to be a hairdresser when he grows up. Like his grandpa used to be.

    When he sees scissors, razors and clippers, his fingers start itching to try out new hairstyles.

    But when his grandpa’s customers start showing up to have their hair cut, Ted discovers a secret …

    A moster of a secret!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPan Macmillan South Africa Children's Books
    Release dateSep 1, 2024
    ISBN9781779990778
    Monster Hair
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    Jaco Jacobs

    Jaco Jacobs is the author of more than 260 books and more than a million copies of his books have been sold. His work has been awarded 46 times. His books have been translated into English, Dutch, Italian and Portuguese. He has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal twice and two of his books have been adapted to film. Jaco lives in Bloemfontein with his wife, Elize, their daughters, Mia and Emma, three dogs, a cat and a pet python.

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      Book preview

      Monster Hair - Jaco Jacobs

      Pan Macmillan Children’s Books

      www.panmacmillan.co.za

      1

      A new shop sign

      Ted looked at the new shop sign and frowned.

      ‘What do you think?’ his mom asked.

      ‘Not bad,’ said Ted.

      He didn’t want to hurt his mom’s feelings. The truth was that he wished the old sign was still on the front of the shop. Instead, it was lying on the pavement. It looked a little bit rusty and the letters were fading in places but Ted loved it.

      ‘I think it looks fantastic!’ said Ted’s dad. ‘I especially like the bit about the milk tart.’

      Ted laughed.

      ‘That’s because you thought of it, Dad,’ he said.

      His dad also laughed and gave his mom a big hug.

      ‘The coffee shop will be a huge success. You worked very hard,’ he said.

      Ted sighed. He knew that his dad was right. Over the last few weeks his mom had worked around the clock to transform the hair salon into a coffee shop.

      It had all started when his mom unexpectedly lost her job at the newspaper. Shortly afterwards, Grandpa Adam suddenly died.

      His grandfather had been a hairdresser all his life. His salon had been on the ground floor of his big old double-storey house and he’d lived upstairs. Ted’s mom had no brothers or sisters, so she had inherited the hair salon.

      Ted wished that it could have stayed a hair salon.

      But his mom had decided to open a coffee shop instead.

      So, they had sold their house, packed up their belongings and moved here. It wasn’t really that bad. It felt a little weird to live in Grandpa Adam’s house without him being there, but Ted had a nice big room, and the house had a huge garden where Mop could play ball, dig holes and chase squirrels to his heart’s content.

      Ted knew he would miss his old school and his friends. Luckily it was the holidays but soon he would have to go to a new school where he would know no one.

      ‘Now all we have to do is wait for the first customers,’ said his mom. She sounded nervous.

      ‘Don’t worry,’ said his dad. ‘They’ll come.’

      Mom turned the sign on the door of the shop over. Now it said:

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