Spaceboy
Spaceboy
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HarperCollins
Annotation: 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...
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #390839
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
Publisher: HarperCollins
Copyright Date: 2024
Edition Date: 2023 Release Date: 09/12/24
Pages: 332 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 0-00-870400-7 Perma-Bound: 0-8000-6666-9
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-00-870400-1 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8000-6666-6
Dewey: Fic
Dimensions: 20 cm
Language: English
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Kirkus Reviews

Dreaming of escape from cruel grown-ups, two orphaned children share an out-of-this-world adventure in the space race's early days in this offering by British actor WalliamsGazing longingly at the sky one starry night, 12-year-old Ruth sees a flying saucer crash in a nearby field and excitedly races out with her three-legged rescue pooch, Yuri (named for the Soviet cosmonaut). She makes contact with a short, silent figure clad in shiny foil and a tall, oblong helmet. As it turns out, Spaceboy (or Kevin, as he's really called) doesn't come from all that far away, and, also being orphaned and mistreated, he shares her dream of getting away. Unfortunately, both dog and children are instead swept up by vigilant authorities and hustled off to Cape Canaveral (with stops at the Top-Secret Secret Base and the White House for savage digs at the military and political classes) in hopes of giving the country's fledgling space program a boost over their Soviet rivals. Frequent changes of typeface size and weight in the narrative, matched with Stower's abundant comical cartoons and caricatured portraits, lend this work the look of farce. But what with the satiric edge cutting deep enough to draw blood, even younger readers may find themselves wincing at times as they root for the underdogs, canine and otherwise. Spaceboy and a few others are rare exceptions in an otherwise light-skinned cast.A soaring escapade, heavy axe-grinding aside. (space race timeline)(Adventure. 8-11)

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Reading Level: 4.0
Interest Level: 3-6

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)


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