Count — Melvin Burgess

Count is a humorous story from the critically acclaimed and bestselling author, Melvin Burgess.Brandon is a boaster – he says he is brilliant at lots of things. Then he is challenged to count up to ten million.So Brandon starts – one, two, three ... and before long he is up to one thousand. Everyone around him is bewildered and annoyed – his friend Waris, his teachers and Miss Hexx, the head.But Brandon can’t stop counting. And then strange, impossible things start happening. The numbers are taking over everything...'Burgess is a master storyteller.' (on The Lost Witch)The Times