The Greatest Blogger in the World is a funny mystery book that features a nerd in disguise, a person who’s as boring as cardboard, a friend of the nerd who always makes money, a little brother who insists on wearing a tuxedo, a girl who wears huge boots to school and a jobless dad who’s on an endless feud with his wife, a duck called Barcode, and the most fun teacher ever, who makes school fun!

This book makes you feel connections between the characters and yourself – and kids you know. The main character, Charlie Ridge, has a big goal in life: to be the world’s greatest blogger. But with competition like nasty old Dr Maryloaf, his hopes of winning aren’t very high. But suddenly, he has a heap to blog about.

With a life motto like ‘be the hero, get the girl and save the day’, it’s obvious that Charlie and his brother Josh watch too much James Bond – especially when Josh wears his emergency tuxedo. Then, Charlie has a mystery to solve on who stole the unshorn merino. (The unshorn merino is a big, fluffy sheep!) Charlie, Cardboard (aka Lance), Phattius Beats and the Boots (aka Eleanor Cameron) all work together to solve the mystery, and Charlie has to find time for blogging.

How will this catastrophe end? Then, when he gets a lot of surprises, what will Charlie be thinking? To find out, you’ll have to read! It’s 257 pages, plus 4 extra, so it’s a good book for readers aged 8-14. Now it has inspired me to make my own blog!

Felix Wilkins now blogs at