Dude's Gotta Mountain Bike (Dude Series) / Dude Series (ePub)

"Good for children comfortable reading longer books on their own."

For ages 8-12 years.
The adventures of Magali: a French marmot who sneaks out at night to do mountain sports with her friends!

Dirt trails, tricks, and kickers!

Mishka's cousins visit from Holland, and they want to go mountain biking. At night! Magali isn't allowed that far up the mountain. Plus, her father locks the door at night. How is she going to ride blue trails and red trails with her best mate, Mishka, and the cousins, when a) her papa locks the front door, and b) she doesn't have a bike?

Dude, she needs to find a way. The Tricky Tricks Bike Competition is coming up! Her mates (Henri Le Hare, F-F-Foxy, Little Foxy, Puppy Bébé and Chamois Luc) are taking part. She wants to, too!


A funny middle-grade series about trusting your instinct, forging friendships, and learning independence.

• The books have British spelling.
• For ages 8-12 yrs.
• Set in La Plagne, Savoie, in the French Alps.
• Each book can be read as an individual book or as part of the Dude Series.

Follow Magali and her friends on their crazy sporty challenges!

The series is available in:
+ English
+ French
+ Spanish
+ Bilingual version (English / français) (English / español)


Question for the Author
How did you come up with the character of Magali?
'You know, I really love the French Alps, and looking at all the animals that live in the mountains. I'm Australian, so I had never seen a marmot before moving to France. I worked one summer, for a kids' summer camp, and part of my job was to take the children out on walks. We would go looking for marmots, all of us being very quiet, secretly sneaking up to the holes in the ground, where the entrances to the marmot burrows were. Of course, we would make too much noise and the marmots would disappear into their underground tunnels, but sometimes we were lucky and able to take photos. I think their underground homes took over my imagination, and before you knew it, I had a whole chapter book in my head, with Magali as the principal character!'