Space Oddity

From the author of Escape Room, science andlaugh combine in this out-of-this-world adventure, featuring illustrationsby Ben Mantle!'[A] warm, funny alien read' VASHTI HARDY'A bright, brainy book’ THE TIMESYou might think that this story is going to be an intergalacticadventure filled with UFOs, black holes, killer robots and somevery foul-smelling aliens. And you'd be right.But it's mostly about a boy called Jake, his embarrassing dad,and the mind-boggling question ... are we really alone in the universe? Funny, easy to read and hugely likeable, Space Odditycombines science, comedy and adventure for ages 7 and up.A new, younger story from award-winning writer ChristopherEdge, author of The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day.Came out of The Big Idea Competition, from a story entryby scientist Dr Sarah Ryan.Cover and inside illustrations by Ben Mantle (TheLand of Roar and I, Cosmo).