Go back to the Space Race with No.1 bestselling author David Walliams for a breathless cinematic adventure full of mystery, action, laughs and surprises - and a secret that could change the course of history...
America. The 1960s.
Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure.
One night she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky... before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship opens and reveals a mysterious alien, all Ruth's dreams come true.
But does this visitor from another planet have a giant secret?
Spaceboy is a hilarious and action-packed tale for readers in any solar system.
David Walliams was most recently Children's #1 bestseller with The World's Worst Pets (TCM chart: 30 April 2022)
David Walliams is a literary phenomenon whose books have sold more than 50 million copies worldwide and have been translated into fifty-five languages.
Adam Stower is an author and illustrator, who has collaborated with David Walliams on several of his books for children.
Title: SPACEBOY: The epic and hilarious new children�s book for 2022 from multi-million bestselling author David Walliams
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ISBN: 9780008467197
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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date: 2022-09-29
Number of Pages: 368
Weight: 0.4801 kg
An epic adventure that's out of this world as a space-obsessed girl in 1960s America spots a flying saucer in trouble Waterstones Best Books of the Year 2022
PRAISE FOR DAVID WALLIAMS:
Dahl finally has a worthy successor Telegraph
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Walliams understands something crucial about children and stories Metro
A great comic tale... Walliams is a natural wit Evening Standard
Well written, funny, touching Observer
A passionate celebration of individuality Telegraph
Charming, funny The Times
Has a lovely, Dahlian fluency to it Time Out