The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack by Helen Cresswell

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Jack is fed up of living in the shadow of his brilliant siblings. He and his trusty dog Zero are completely ordinary while the rest of them are annoyingly gifted.  So when Uncle Parker comes up with a plan to make Jack stand out, he’s more than a little excited. Can he really get away with claiming to predict the future? And will the hare-brained scheme help Jack shine, or get him noticed for all the wrong reasons?  272pp

First in the series about the Bagthorpe family.

Helen Cresswell (1934-2005) was born in Nottinghamshire and lived all her life in the county.  This title was first published in 1977.