We are excited that Nathanael Lessore will be coming to St Bede's Catholic College on Friday 9th May. Nathanael will be talking about his new book What Happens Online

Please place your order by Wednesday 7th May to ensure your book is signed. Orders placed after this date, may not be signed and may need to be picked up from our shop at 47 Henleaze Road.

To purchase the book

• Add the book to your Cart - do not use the purple Buy with Shop Pay button
• Add your child's name and class via the Add A Note button on the Cart page (email us on info@maxminervas.co.uk if you are unable to do this)
• Complete your purchase
• Orders placed by 7th May can be collected at the school, orders placed after this date may have to be collected from our store in Henleaze.

If you have any questions please email us at info@maxminervas.co

ABOUT THE BOOK

What Happens Online

Existor is the most popular guy in school. Fred is the loser with no friends. And nobody knows they're the same person.

Online, Fred goes by Existor@stmarks. His alter ego is the best gamer around - constantly on a winning streak, with tonnes of followers, and the confidence to go with it. But offline, Fred's life is miserable.

His dad's always working, his mum's struggling, and at school, everyone looks straight through him. Until Existor's notoriety spreads to his school, and Fred sees an opportunity: everyone listens to what Existor has to say, so why not use that? Soon, Fred is coming up with outlandish rumours about his classmates, and everyone's lapping it up. His bullies are shunned, and people are finally taking notice of him.

But it's a slippery slope and Fred struggles to keep track of all the stuff he's posted as his lies start to wreak unexpected havoc. Fred will have to answer for his crimes against reality, but will he ever find someone to like him for who he really is?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nathanael Lessore can run 100 metres in under 10 minutes and has trouble finding sunglasses that frame his face properly.

Writing his first book gave him the opportunity to show his South East London childhood as the funny, warm, adventurous world that wasn’t always represented as such. Celebrating diverse characters gave Nathanael the opportunity to represent kids who otherwise would never see themselves in this light in this form of literature.

If he wasn’t a writer, Nathanael would be a half-hearted heart surgeon to mosquitoes, or head of some committee that meets on weekends.

He grew up in a North Peckham estate as one of eight children to French and Madagascan parents. Becoming a writer is a dream come true, and he will never take this journey for granted