Lee Goes for Gold
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Keith Charters
Keith Charters is a British author and publisher.Born in Edinburgh, he grew up in Glasgow where he attended the University of Strathclyde, before he moved to London in 1986, where he lived until 2002. His first novel for children, Lee and the Consul Mutants was published in 2004 and his second,...
. It is the second in the Lee series, following Lee and the Consul Mutants
Lee and the Consul Mutants
Lee and the Consul Mutants is the first novel by Keith Charters, which was originally released by Neil Wilson Publishing in October 2004. Strident Publishing Company bought the rights to this book in the summer of 2005. In January 2006 the novel topped the Children's Bestsellers chart in The Herald...
. Launched to an audience of 1,500 in January 2006, this book reached number 4 in the Children's Bestsellers chart in The Herald
The Herald (Glasgow)
The Herald is a broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, and available throughout Scotland. As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 47,226, giving it a lead over Scotland's other 'quality' national daily, The Scotsman, published in Edinburgh.The 1889 to 1906 editions...
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Plot summary
Meeting his father's multizillionaire boss inspires ten-year-old Lee to come up with a brilliant get-rich-quick scheme of his own. But not everyone is keen for Lee to succeed. Local shopkeeper Panface certainly is not, and it seems that he has sneaky spies out there, trying to ruin Lee's plansWill Lee overcome those out to stop him making his fortune? Or will he spend the whole time daydreaming about how many houses he will own and how many butlers he will have? Lee will need to rely on his common sense and financial genius if he is to succeed . . . so it could be a struggle.