by SallyGardner (Author)
THE INVISIBLE BOY: when his parents are lost in space, Sam is left, heartbroken, in the care of the horrible Hilda Hardbottom. Then he finds a tiny spaceship in the cabbage patch and meets a little alien called Splodge. How Splodge makes him invisible, and how Sam uses his new talent in his darkest hour, makes a touching and extremely funny story with lovely memorable characters. THE BOY WITH THE MAGIC NUMBERS: when Billy Pickles' dad leaves home to live in New York, he gives Billy a moneybox. Billy's not sure where to put in the money, and not sure why his dad has left. Then Billy goes to New York to visit his father and his Italian grandmother, and discovers the secret of his magic moneybox. In a wonderful adventure, he takes Mighty Mamma on a helicopter ride, cracks open a safe, solves a kidnap mystery - and gets to know his dad again.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Published: 07 Jun 2007
ISBN 10: 1842556134
ISBN 13: 9781842556139
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Book Overview: Sales of the distinctively packaged Magical Children books are growing rapidly with rights sold in ten languages. Sales of the titles in the Magical Children series have now reached over 400,000 copies. THE INVISIBLE BOY has already reprinted five times since it was first published in 2002. 'What makes Gardner's book special is not just the cleverness of its plot, but its charming linguistic zaniness ... It's a pleasure to read - to yourself and aloud.' (Sunday Telegraph) Sally Gardner - an 'idiosyncratic genius' (Sunday Times) - has a terrific sales record with total sales across all her titles of over 960,000 copies.