The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond the Fence

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Marcus Rashford used his experiences as a child at a 'breakfast club' to write his book. Can the children think of any positive experiences in their lives as inspiration for a story? LAURA: I loved the Roald Dahl books as well when I was younger. So exciting, "Matilda" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and stuff.

MusicalPuppy123 says, did anyone you know inspire the personality of Alex Rider and they are my favourite series.ANTHONY HOROWITZ: Oh, Laura, you're in trouble. You are in trouble, Laura, I'm not great at quizzes. LAURA: Yes, absolutely. Now you know, I've got a question for you here. What is your favourite book character ever? He described books as “a great source of inspiration and motivation, and much needed for children who struggle to see beyond what is on their doorstep”. LAURA: This seagull keeps, uh, popping in and interrupting me. What's it-, what, what do you want, seagull? Oh, the seagull's letting me know it's time for a quiz, Anthony. So I've got some quiz questions for you here. Oh, but hang on, it says here, if Antony gets all the answers wrong, I get pooed on by the seagull.

LAURA: Yeah, Fantastic Mr Fox is a good character. I actually dressed up as Fantastic Mr Fox for our World Book Day here.Marcus Rashford MBE is Manchester United's iconic number 10 and an England International footballer. Rashford’s book, The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond the Fence, is co-authored by Alex Falase-Koya and illustrated by Marta Kissi. ANTHONY HOROWITZ: Ooh, tennis player. Oh, tennis is about to start. I'm, I'm, I'm gonna go for "War Horse", Michael Morpurgo, wonderful character, horses are fantastic. But they're not much good at tennis. The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond The Fence” was co-written by Marcus Rashford MBE and Alex Falasse-Koya and illustrated by Marta Kissi. The first interview could be used to inspire children to work together on a collaborative piece of writing in groups of three, with different roles for each child: illustrator and co-writers. I've got nice hair. Why thank you. Oh, it's trying to tell me something else. What was that? Oh, Anthony Horowitz is waiting to come on. Sorry, Rhys. I've gotta go. Anthony's here for book club.

LAURA: Hi, Rhys. Yeah, I'm looking after Book Club for you, don't worry. It's in safe hands. Ooh, sorry Rhys, a seagull's just flown in and won't, won't leave me alone. Oh, I think it's got something to tell me. What's that, seagull? LAURA: Ah, Mr Inkblot's. I was gonna say, does it like, did the character in that inspire you to start drawing? 'Cause it sounds like an illustrator genius behind it. The last one for you here. There are cups, tea pots, and tea everywhere. A hat has been left at the scene of the crime. It looks like there has been some sort of party. Perhaps an un-birthday party. Don’t miss the Breakfast Club Investigators next adventure in The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Ghoul in the School! We have partnered with the publisher Pan Macmillan and BBC Teach to create exclusive materials to accompany The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond the Fence.

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LAURA: Thanks, Anthony. Thank you so much for joining us on Book Club today. It's been an absolute pleasure. In October 2020, he was appointed MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Marcus has committed himself to combating child poverty in the UK and his book You Are a Champion, written with Carl Anka, is an inspiring guide for children about reaching their full potential. Marcus's first fiction title, The Breakfast Club Adventures, written with Alex Falase-Koya, will be released in May 2022. LAURA: Telling stories is the best. I love people with imaginations. Um, ok, this person is definitely a budding writer with a username like this, WriteForLife says, what is your favourite book you've written? LAURA: I'm not in trouble. I believe in you, Anthony. Ok, so question one, how many seagulls are there in the world?

Choose a child to try oral storytelling and ask the rest of the class to draw illustrations to go with the story or to create a front cover. Ask the children to find out about the football career of Marcus Rashford and write a short biography about him. Together with Sam Copeland and Jenny Pearson, the above authors/illustrators could be used as an example to discuss teamwork and identify what factors are important when working in a team. ANTHONY HOROWITZ: Well, he's in some books and in films, I'm gonna go for Darth Vader. Because, you know, Star Wars. Because if he was, well, he is an astronaut in a way, but if he was up in space, he'd destroy us all. He'd blow us all up. So I'm gonna go for him.Challenge the children to become detectives and write a secret message using clues to find words in a certain book to compose a sentence. ANTHONY HOROWITZ: Well, thank you for the question, UnicornStar8. I suppose my favourite book has got to be Stormbreaker. The first of the Alex Rider books. Those books changed my life. They've sold all over the world. They've got lots of young people into books and into reading. So Stormbreaker was the beginning of a huge adventure for me.