Boom!

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Author:

Haddon, Mark

ISBN:

978-1-78295-323-4

Publication Date:

Mar 2014

Publisher:

Penguin Random House

Imprint:

Red Fox

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

AUD $22.99

Book Description:

Boom! Is a roller-coaster read with spaceships, spies and mortal danger!

Jim and his best friend Charlie weren't looking for adventure, when they decided to bug the staffroom . . . But then they overhear their teachers speaking in a secret language and it's too late to turn back. And now they have to explain to the police, the headmistress and their parents where they've been for a whole week - without mentioning the aliens.

Book Details

Pages:	208
Detailed Subjects:	Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	12.9 x 19.9 x 1.3 cm
Book Weight:	0.15 Kilograms

Author Biography

Haddon, Mark (Author)

Author and screenwriter Mark Haddon was born in Northampton, U.K. in 1962. He received a B.A. in English from Merton College and a MSc in English Literature from Edinburgh University. Since 1996, he has worked on numerous television projects. He has won two BAFTAs and The Royal Television Society Best Children's Drama for Microsoap, which he created and wrote 12 out of 25 episodes. He also wrote the screenplay for the BBC television adaption of Fungus the Bogeyman.

He has written fifteen children's books including the Agent Z series. In 1994, he was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize for The Real Porky Philips. He won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year Award for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which provides a realistic insight into what it is like to have autism. He currently lives in Oxford with his family. He was runner-up for the BBC National Short Story Award with his title 'Bunny'.

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