Blast off on an adventure with the Space Cadets! From beloved children's author-illustrator Alex T. Smith, the bestselling creator of Claude and How Winston Delivered Christmas, comes a funny and fast-paced illustrated adventure through space.
Filled with out-of-this world illustrations on every page, Astrid and the Space Cadets: Race from Planet Peril! is perfect for fans of Grimwood and Bad Guys, and for kids who are ready to read by themselves.
'It's purely funny!' – Cressida Cowell, author of How to Train Your Dragon
Astrid Atomic and her best friends, the Space Cadets, have been given an important mission from the Chief – to retrieve the special trophy for the Supersonic Saturn Race. Tonight they'll have to fly under boiling hot lava waterfalls, zoom through fields of flaming flowers and sneak past a big, toothy, scary space monster!
And things go from bad to worse when they realize that the naughty Dr Boris Uranus on their tail. Will they get to the trophy before time runs out?
Don't miss Astrid and the gang's first adventure in Astrid and the Space Cadets: Attack of the Snailiens!
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'A hilarious book for readers beginning to discover what reading for pleasure feels like. This is a cosmic bundle of space fuelled giggles!' – Kate Pankhurst, creator of Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World
This is Book 2 in the Astrid and the Space Cadets Series. See all Astrid and the Space Cadets books here.
Alex T. Smith has drawn and written stories since he could hold a pencil. After considering several career options (space traveller, cake maker, professional rabbit), Alex decided to train to do the job he'd wanted to do since he was five - an illustrator specializing in the world of children's publishing.
Alex graduated with a first-class degree i
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