Cosmic

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In the beginning, there is some explanation of the adventures this has led to (and the often disastrous outcomes), as he dwells on the time he had taken a Porsche on a test drive with his ‘daughter’ Florida (who is actually a friend from school). This is a middle-grade book, about a boy who is a lot taller than he supposed to be since he's only 12 years old!

The friend and Liam take advantage of this and enter a Best Dad Ever contest, which promises to let them experience the best thrill rides ever.And then there was the time he found himself on a rocket hurtling through space without knowing how to get it back. Having said that and putting the game aside I thought this was a very cute story and that Liam is a likable character. It reminded me of Roald Dahl not just because of the humour but because the five fathers and five kids winning a competition to visit some exciting new place and do challenges is highly reminiscent of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He plays on the notion that World of Warcraft (the multiplayer online role-playing game with millions of subscribers) is the place young people best learn about problem solving and the real world. And then he kind of sort of won a competition to be the legal guardian that went along with the kids.

But being super-sized height-wise has its advantages: he's the only eleven-year-old to ever ride the G-force-defying Cosmic rollercoaster – or to be offered the chance to drive a Porsche. The only problem is, he needs someone to be his child, to take along with him, because the competition is for a parent and child.The ceremony was met with worldwide acclaim and even included a section inspired by children's books.

Great as in having a sweet and thoughtful and sensitive way that stands him in good stead when he ends up in a rocket coming back from the moon. Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth was shortlisted for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal and selected for the inaugural WHSmith Tom Fletcher Book Club. I am quite curious about the process by which the fourth man to step on the moon came to make a cameo appearance in this book.The plot is clever, it is incredibly well written, parts are laugh-out-loud funny, and the author does a great job of capturing that funny time when a child wants to be older but still needs the comfort and security of their parents. I had my foot on it when the door on the passenger side opened and a very familiar voice said, 'You.

Convincing celebrity-gossip-obsessed Florida is only part of the problem: when they arrive their host, Dr Drax, tells them that it is the four children who will be going into space. As he did with Millions, Boyce brings in deep philosophical ideas in a kid-friendly, convincing, and moving way. It's written from Liam's point of view which shows the naivety of a young teenager's thought process and how they can get themselves into trouble without even trying. Faking a letter to his parents about his class going to the Lake District for a school trip is easy enough.Furthermore, what if seeming to be thirty when you’re twelve could lead you to being the responsible adult on an international space mission? Only now something has gone wrong and Liam’s finding that being the “sensible adult” is a lot harder when you want to scream and yell and run around like all the other kids freaking out around you. The best thing, though, is that the kids manage to lark about and have fun, and also get stuff done. Frank Cottrell- Boyce imbues this wildly funny and imaginative story with great dashes of pathos and philosophy. Since this North American edition is due out early next year, I thought I should probably get reading.