The Poison Factory (6 page)

‘Hope so,’ Gaz grunted. He put his arm around Joey’s shoulders, glad that his little brother was all right after all. ‘If it doesn’t, we’ll be going to the toilet very, very carefully for the rest of our lives.’

Answer these questions, take the first letter of each answer and put all five letters together to make a hidden word!

1) How old is Joey?

2) Mr Byle has an unusual first name; what is it?

3) What flavour jelly does Gaz take?

4) What is the name of the children’s street?

5) What part of the zombie lands on the
ground near Hayley?

To enter a horrible competition for a disgusting prize just add the hidden word to the end of this web address

www.obrien.ie/forbiddenfiles/

Log on to this creepy website & you could win a fantastically revolting prize … Hurry! – The competition ends 30th November 2006

See www.obrien.ie/forbiddenfiles for more details, including competition rules

OISÍN McGANN has also written
The Evil Hairdo
and
Wired Teeth,
two more books in the ‘Forbidden Files’ series. He is the author of four Flyers:
Mad Grandad’s Flying Saucer; Mad Grandad’s Robot Garden; Mad Grandad and the Mutant River; Mad Grandad and the Kleptoes
and a number of acclaimed novels for older readers:
The
Gods and Their Machines;
The
Harvest Tide Project; Under Fragile Stone
and
Small-Minded Giants.

Have You Seen This Man?

OISÍN McGANN grew up in the suburban backstreets of Dublin and Drogheda. He has never had a proper job, but he has written and illustrated numerous children’s books of questionable quality. McGann is known as a loner with few friends. If you should see this man, do not approach him, as he may be rude