An extraordinary novel for anyone who's ever been curious from award-winning author Christopher Edge.
"A writer of genuine originality" - Guardian
"Proves the theory that novels about science can be enormous fun. Give the man his own element on the periodic table of children's authors" - The Times, Children's Book of the Week
When Albie's mum dies, it's natural he should wonder where she's gone. His parents are both scientists and they usually have all the answers. Dad mutters something about Albie's mum being alive and with them in a parallel universe. So Albie finds a box, his mum's computer and a rotting banana, and sends himself through time and space to find her...
"A book with a big brain, big laughs and a big, big heart." - Frank Cottrell-Boyce
"I have one complaint about this book. I wanted it to be longer" - Samira Ahmed
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Christopher Edge is an award-winning children's author whose books have been translated into more than twenty languages.
Christopher grew up in Manchester where he spent most of his childhood in the local library, dreaming up stories. After studying English at university, he worked in a record shop, mostly listening to Bjoerk, before being led astray by the
