Roy Apps, Children's Author, Scriptwriter, Dramatist, Lyricist

The Secret Summer of Daniel Lyons

WINNER: Best Children’s Book: The Writers’ Guild Awards
RUNNER UP: Best Children’s Book: The Whitbread Awards

"Magnificent. Beneath all the humour and excitement
lie serious themes." Dennis Hamley, Armadillo
Magazine.

"Roy Apps has a way with words that brings the past
vividly to life." Junior Bookshelf

"Brilliantly set . . . a funny and exciting story,
excellently told." Julia Eccleshare:
Children's Books of the Year

It is 1909 and Tom Jupe knows that his strict parents disapprove of the new 'moving pictures' but he can't resist joining
the South Seas Film Company when they come to his town to film. Pretending to be Daniel Lyons, Tom has a blissful
summer working on the film, but for how long can he keep up his double life?

A funny adventure story full of excitement that describes the very early days of the British film industry.

The Secret Summer of Daniel Lyons’ has been turned into a musical, THE DEVIL & DANIEL LYONS and is available for
performance by school (KS3 upwards), college and youth theatre groups and amateur theatre companies. See Theatre
and Musicals