Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior But whereas Miu is glamorous & successful Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat & heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life what is sexual desire & should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire Then a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island Sumire has mysteriously vanished ...

An out-of-this-world funny book from master storyteller Frank Cottrell Boyce with illustrations throughout by Steven Lenton shortlisted for the 2017 Carnegie Medal & selected for the Tom Fletcher Book Club 352 pages B&W illustrations from Steven Lenton Cottrell Boyce Frank ...

Shortlisted for the 2017 Carnegie Medal & selected for the Tom Fletcher Book Club Sputnik's Guide to Life in Earth is an out-of-this-world funny book from master storyteller Frank Cottrell Boyce with illustrations throughout by Steven Lenton The Blythes are a big warm rambunctious family who live on a small farm & sometimes foster children Now Prez has come to live with them But though he seems cheerful & helpful he never says a word Then one day Prez answers the door to someone claiming to be his relative This small loud stranger carries a backpack walks with a swagger & goes by the name of Sputnik As Prez dithers on the doorstep Sputnik strolls right past him & introduces himself to everyone in the household Prez is amazed at the response The family pat Sputnik on the head call him a good boy & drop food into his mouth It seems they all think Sputnik is a dog It's only Prez who thinks otherwise But Prez soon finds himself having to defend the family from the chaos & danger unleashed by Sputnik as household items come to life
- like a TV remote that fast-forwards people ' Anyone can do it it's just that people don't read the instructions properly'; & a toy lightsaber that entertains guests at a children's party until one of them is nearly decapitated by it
- & Prez is going to have to use his voice to explain himself It turns out that Sputnik is writing a guidebook to Earth called Ten Things Worth Doing on Earth & he takes Prez on a journey to discover just those ten things 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

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The Blythes are a big warm rambunctious family who live on a small farm & sometimes foster children Now Prez has come to live with them But though he seems cheerful & helpful he never says a word Then one day Prez answers the door to someone claiming to be his relative This small loud stranger carries a backpack walks with a swagger & goes by the name of Sputnik As Prez dithers on the doorstep Sputnik strolls right past him & introduces himself to everyone in the household Prez is amazed at the response The family pat Sputnik on the head call him a good boy & drop food into his mouth It seems they all think Sputnik is a dog It's only Prez who thinks otherwise But Prez soon finds himself having to defend the family from the chaos & danger unleashed by Sputnik as household items come to life
- like a TV remote that fast-forwards people ' Anyone can do it it's just that people don't read the instructions properly'; & a toy lightsaber that entertains guests at a children's party until one of them is nearly decapitated by it
- & Prez is going to have to use his voice to explain himself It turns out that Sputnik is writing a guidebook to Earth called Ten Things Worth Doing on Earth & he takes Prez on a journey to discover just those ten things 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

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Darren Boyd & Robert Lindsay star in the madcap espionage comedy SPY; the story of an ordinary man who stumbles into a job at MI5 When hapless Tim (Boyd) gets lost on his way to a sales assistant job in Westminster he accidentally gets recruited as a trainee MI5 agent under the guidance of ' The Examiner' (Lindsay) The real challenge however is keeping his double-life secret from his family including his disinterested son Marcus (Jude Wright) This release

Includes:: every episode in the series

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Exciting choose-your-own-destiny adventure story appropriate for 6-8 year olds in which YOU are the hero 64 pages Barlow Steve ...

Spy Dog by Andrew Cope is the first book in the brilliant series about the loveable Lara
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Book 11 in the Spy Dog adventures
- now a number 1 bestselling series! It's raining chickens! An unusual storm cloud has been hovering
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