Welcome to Yostwrites
"The only thing worse than being bored, is being bored at school. I’d rather clean the toilet with my teeth or scrub a thousand belly buttons with my toothbrush." Boringitis
Boringitis - released late 2026.
Matt Yost
(That's me). I'm a writer, teacher, professional renovation avoider. I've been working with little people and slightly less little people for twenty years.
I write stories that kids actually want to read, and adults find a little strange...but that's the point. You'll find it all here... Novels, short stories, poetry and so much more.
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My books
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Boringitis
Join the students at Around the Corner Primary School as they fight back against boringitis, and the most boring teacher in the world - Mr Brown.
"Simply hillarious."
The remainder of this book is full of horrible things that Mr Brown's class did to their teacher. Now before you go any further, promise me, PROMISE ME that you won't try any of them...
Unless your teacher deservers it of course.
Unless
The King and the Jester
When your life is on the road, but your dad parks the caravan and builds a fence, who even are you any more? Mina and Georgi find a secret in an abandoned barn, but when you're a kid and everyone hates you, just surviving could be the biggest adventure of all.
"The sort of story that gets under your skin and stays there."
"And, what did you bring, girl?” The mayor spat the words through his teeth, and Mina stared down at her shoes. “After all,” he continued, “what on earth would the King want with a homeless boy and a gypsy girl?”
Mashed potato boy
Life's tough when you're ten, but it's tougher the bullies won't leave you alone, your mum's sick, and you're faced with an impossible choice that could destroy everything. Equally parts hilarious and touching.
"This is the funniest book I've ever read..."
"I'll deal with it. I’m not scared of Flicker.”
A shadow — an enormous shadow — fell over me. I looked up. It was Flicker.