"A tour de force that movingly encompasses such deep topics as dementia, fostering, and selective mutism whilst also being an hilarious encounter with an alien visitor creating havoc while the hero is trying to save the world and coming to terms with his own difficult situation"
With all the invention, originality and insight that is typical of his writing for children, Frank Cottrell Boyce takes the sad story of Laika, the first living creature to orbit Earth, and uses it as inspiration for a story about the importance of home. As ever, it’s both brilliantly funny and extraordinarily moving. Prez is living with a temporary foster family when he opens the door to Sputnik. Prez sees an alien – in a kilt – everyone else sees a dog. Over the course of the summer Prez and Sputnik have some amazing adventures and break a lot of laws, including some of the laws of physics, but in the process they save the world, and reunite Prez with his grandfather. As wild as a cartoon strip, this wonderful story pinpoints all the best things about life on Earth.
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Science Fiction Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering Adventure Stories Stories about Family and Friends Funny |