Virtual Friends Again: Part 1

By MARY HOFFMAN

"You'll be coming with me, won't you" asked Dad, as he waved a piece of paper under Ben's nose. It was a flyer advertising the opening of a new shop in the High Street.

"It would mean a lot to Vince if you were there."

"Where?" asked Ben, grabbing the flyer, though he had a horrible idea he knew the answer. Vince Riggs was their next-door neighbour. He was a friendly bear of a man, who was nuts about computers and virtual reality games. You might think this made him great fun as a neighbour, but this was only partly true. He had got them all into trouble in the past. Vince used to keep all his computer stuff in a HUGE wooden shed that took up all the space in his back garden.

Publisher: Barrington Stoke

Price: $14.95

Age group: 8 plus years