The Boy from Earth

Description

A new laugh-out-loud space adventure for middle-grade readers from the author of A Toaster on Mars and the Jack Mason Adventure series. Twelve-year-old Bobby Baxter's not the bravest kid on Earth. His list of things that scare him is up to number 689, and includes lightning, crowds, spiders, alien abductions, crocodiles, falling from great heights, falling from small heights and eggs. So when he learns that he's the first Earthling ever chosen to attend the Galactic Space Academy, light years away from home, he's terrified - and that's before he discovers that someone at the academy wants the boy from Earth gone.

Darrell Pitt is the author of A Toaster on Mars, shortlisted for the Russell Prize for Humour Writing, and the Jack Mason Adventures, a series of five novels including The Firebird Mystery, a CBCA Notable Book. He lives in Melbourne.

`Readers will progress from snickers to giggles to, finally, belly laughs and shouts of outrage.' * Kirkus Reviews on A Toaster on Mars * `This satirical, quirky sci-fi adventure might appeal to fans of Douglas Adams' well-loved Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.' * Booklist on A Toaster on Mars * `This novel crackles with wit...the fun doesn't let up.' * Reading Time on A Toaster on Mars * `Beneath the brilliantly absurd entertaining adventure is a narrative of compassion solidarity and confidence. Wildly entertaining for the adventurous middle grade reader.' * Diva Booknerd * `...a great new take on the "school-but-different" genre...the universe Pitt has crafted is imaginative and original.' * Reading Time CBCA * `Darrell Pitt has written a fast-paced and funny novel.' * ReadPlus *