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Humza Arshad to release children's novel

BRITISH ASIAN YouTuber Humza Arshad is coming out with a funny adventure story that most children of South Asian descent would be able to relate to.

The book is titled Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties, and Arshad has teamed up with comedy writer Henry White and illustrator Aleksei Bitskoff to develop the fast-paced adventure.


The story revolves around Humza Khan, the greatest eleven-year-old rapper Eggington has ever known. Humza knows he’s destined to be rich, but his dreams are put on hold when his music teacher falls ill. His auntie steps in as a substitute and Humza isn’t impressed with her unorthodox teaching methods.

Soon, other teachers begin to disappear and Humza knows something isn’t right. With the help of his elderly Uncle and friends Umer and Wendy, Humza discovers that the suspicious Aunties might not be as friendly as they seem.

“I love my aunties, but any Asian kid will tell you, a gang of aunties is a force to be reckoned with and to make them extra powerful and extra scary was a lot of fun,” said Arshad, the first British YouTuber to have his own scripted comedy series on BBC Three in the mockumentary series Coconut.

“Exaggerating some of my childhood experiences and turning it into a kids adventure is a bit of dream.”

Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties will be out on March 7 by Puffin in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.

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