Katie Tsang - Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of the Dark!

First published in Great Britain in 2019

by Egmont UK Limited

The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

Text copyright © 2019 Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang

Illustration copyright © 2019 Nathan Reed

Additional interior illustrations copyright © 2019 Egmont Ltd

First e-book edition 2019

ISBN 978 1 4052 8753 1

Ebook ISBN 978 1 7803 1817 2

www.egmont.co.uk

A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library

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FOR OUR NEPHEW COOPER

-Katie & Kevin Tsang

CONTENTS

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Title Page

Copyright First published in Great Britain in 2019 by Egmont UK Limited The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN Text copyright © 2019 Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang Illustration copyright © 2019 Nathan Reed Additional interior illustrations copyright © 2019 Egmont Ltd First e-book edition 2019 ISBN 978 1 4052 8753 1 Ebook ISBN 978 1 7803 1817 2 www.egmont.co.uk A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Stay safe online. Any website addresses listed in this book are correct at the time of going to print. However, Egmont is not responsible for content hosted by third parties. Please be aware that online content can be subject to change and websites can contain content that is unsuitable for children. We advise that all children are supervised when using the internet. Egmont takes its responsibility to the planet and its inhabitants very seriously. We aim to use papers from well-managed forests run by responsible suppliers.

Dedication FOR OUR NEPHEW COOPER -Katie & Kevin Tsang

CHAPTER 1: WHAT COULD BE WORSE THAN SHARKS?

CHAPTER 2: WORSE THAN BEING ZAPPED THROUGH A WORMHOLE

CHAPTER 3: SURPRISE FROM HONG KONG

CHAPTER 4: BAD NEWS FROM THE FUTURE

CHAPTER 5: BOOKS WON’T SAVE YOU FROM BEARS

CHAPTER 6: A MILLION ROCKS ON MY BACK

CHAPTER 7: IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS

CHAPTER 8: A SUSPICIOUS SNORT

CHAPTER 9: HOT DOGS AND MARSHMALLOWS

CHAPTER 10: A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION

CHAPTER 11: NO MAN’S LAND

CHAPTER 12: INTO THE DARK

CHAPTER 13: A LONG NIGHT

CHAPTER 14: WHAT’S THE PLAN, CAPTAIN?

CHAPTER 15: WHAT LIVES IN CAVES?

CHAPTER 16: ALIEN INTERFERENCE

CHAPTER 17: HOOT-HOOT-HOOT!

CHAPTER 18: THE CREATURE IN THE DARK

CHAPTER 19: SPACE BLASTERS IN THE SKY

CHAPTER 20: MASTERS OF THE DARK

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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My name is Sam Wuand I am NOTafraid of the dark. Or sharks. Or ghosts.

You might be wondering why I’m listing out all the things I’m NOTafraid of.

It’s because lately I’ve had to prove just how very brave I am.

And let me tell you, proving how brave you are is HARD WORK.

Only the bravest can do it, really.

Most recently, I had to prove I wasn’t afraid of sharks. This is because Ralph Philip Zinkerman the Third, who is the WORST PERSON IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, invited me to his birthday. At the beach. And as everybody knows, the beach is home of the sharks. Ralph was basically inviting me to Certain Doom.

But Ralph underestimated just how brave I am (as usual). With the help of my two best friends, Zoe and Bernard, and a trusty chilli-pepper belt (it made sense at the time), we were able to outsmart the sharks and Ralph. I even saved Ralph’s grandpa from getting eatenby a shark! 1

Before the sharks, well, there was this whole situation with a ghost in my house. And my pet snake, Fang, who is VERYdangerous, went missing. We still think that maybe the ghost and Fang were working together.

At least I still think that. Bernard tells me that we have no evidence.

Bernard might be the smartest kid I know, but he doesn’t know everything . He didn’t even know what SPACE BLASTERS was until I told him about it.

And EVERYONEknows about SPACE BLASTERS! It’s the very best show in the universe. It’s my favourite thing on TV. If I could do anything, I’d be a member of the crew on TUBS, which stands for The Universe’s Best Spaceship. It is led by Captain Jane and Spaceman Jack and their alien friend, Five-Eyed Frank. They go on all kinds of adventures and aren’t scared of anything.

Anyway, the lessons I’ve learned from SPACE BLASTERS, ghosts AND sharks were all just to prepare me for the scariest thing I’ll ever encounter. My greatest challenge yet.