The Kid Who Came From Space

by Ross Welford

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The stunning new 10+ story from the bestselling and award-winning author of TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER, for anyone who loved the humour of WALL-E, the action of STAR WARS and the deeply touching emotion of ET. A small village in the wilds of Northumberland is rocked by the disappearance of twelve-year-old Tammy. Only her twin brother, Ethan, knows she is safe - and the extraordinary truth of where she is. It is a secret he must keep, or risk never seeing her again. But that doesn't mean he's going to give up. Together with his friend Iggy and the mysterious (and very hairy) Hellyann, Ethan teams up with a spaceship called Philip, and Suzy the trained chicken, for a nail-biting chase to get his sister back... that will take him further than anyone has ever been before. A remarkable story of sibling connection, friendship and interstellar adventure from the author Kiran Millwood Hargrave called "one of my favourite middle grade writers".… (more)

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hanleemo | May 4, 2023 |

Once again Welford creates a great book with likeable characters, adventure and intrigue. Set in a small English village twin Ethan discovers his sister's bike lying by the side of the road on Christmas eve. What has happened to Tammy? is she lost, has she been kidnapped or is she injured? Ethan is soon to discover that she has been kidnapped by aliens when one of the space creatures Helly-Ann, (who disagrees with the kidnapping) comes back to Earth to convince Ethan to help rescue Tammy. Along with their rather mischievous friend Iggy and a chicken (don't ask) they then travel back to Helly-Ann's home planet but not before having to rescue Helly-Ann herself from the two Geoffs - a father and son team convinced the alien will make them rich.
At times very amusing, and at other times quite poignant, this is a great tale for boys in Year 7 or 8 from the writer of "The 1,000 year old boy" and "The Time travelling Hamster". (

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The stunning new 10+ story from the bestselling and award-winning author of TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER, for anyone who loved the humour of WALL-E, the action of STAR WARS and the deeply touching emotion of ET. A small village in the wilds of Northumberland is rocked by the disappearance of twelve-year-old Tammy. Only her twin brother, Ethan, knows she is safe - and the extraordinary truth of where she is. It is a secret he must keep, or risk never seeing her again. But that doesn't mean he's going to give up. Together with his friend Iggy and the mysterious (and very hairy) Hellyann, Ethan teams up with a spaceship called Philip, and Suzy the trained chicken, for a nail-biting chase to get his sister back... that will take him further than anyone has ever been before. A remarkable story of sibling connection, friendship and interstellar adventure from the author Kiran Millwood Hargrave called "one of my favourite middle grade writers".

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