An out of this world adventure by the new Children's Laureate for 2024-2026 - Frank Cottrell-Bryce.
Shortlisted for the 2017 Carnegie Medal and selected for the Tom Fletcher Book Club, Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell-Boyce is an adventure about the Blythes: a big, warm, rambunctious family who live on a small farm and sometimes foster children. Now Prez has come to live with them. But, though he seems cheerful and helpful, he never says a word.
Then one day Prez answers the door to a small, loud stranger carrying a backpack, who walks with a swagger and goes by the name of Sputnik. The family pat Sputnik on the head and tell him he's a good buy - they think Sputnik is a dog and chaos is unleashed as suddenly household items come to life, and Prez is going to have to use his voice to explain himself.
As Sputnik takes Prez on a journey to help him finish writing his guidebook called 'Ten Things Worth Doing on Earth', each adventure seems to take Prez nearer to the heart of the family he is being fostered by, but they also take him closer to the day that he is due to leave them forever . . .
Suitable for readers from 9-11 years.
Author: Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Notes for Mortals:
Paperback
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN: 9781529008814
Number of pages: 352
Dimensions: 13 x 2.3 x 19.7 cm
Published: 21/02/2019