My Embarrassing Dad’s Gone Viral

My Dad – the King of Cringe! What’s a boy to do when his mum disappears, his dad moves him and his sister to the middle of nowhere, and his life takes a very swift downward turn . . . secretly launch his dad on the internet as the Next Big Thing, of course!

‘Hi guys! I bet every one of you knows what it’s like to have an embarrassing parent – right? I bet they’ve done something so cringey that you wanted the ground to open up and swallow you whole. But let me tell you, my friend, NOBODY has a dad like mine. He takes embarrassing to a whole new level. If embarrassing was an Olympic sport, my dad would have, like, a gazillion gold medals.’

This hilarious story will have instant appeal to a YouTube-watching generation and is told through a series of vlogs. Combining Ben Davis’s brilliantly-funny voice and Mike Lowery’s amazingly-amazing illustrations is sure to make this a hit with readers everywhere. After all, everyone knows what it’s like to have an embarrassing parent, don’t they?

Published by Oxford University Press

About the author:

Winner of Shrewsbury Bookfest’s 2020 Big Book Award, Ben Davis is an author currently living and working in Staffordshire with his wife, son, and wimpy dog. He (Ben) writes funny books for older children and teenagers.

Ben is delivering creative writing workshops for primary schools across Shropshire for the Shrewsbury Bookfest Schools’ Week 2021 project.