The Martian's spaceship needs repairs, but when he returns with the spanner he's borrowed from Peter and his gran, he finds he's been abandoned! Luckily, Gran and Peter take him in, and introduce him to life in the country. It's all going well until they take him to the village fete...Will the local villages see through the Martian's cunning disguise - and what will happen if they do?
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Can you solve the puzzles to save the Kingdom? Put your puzzle skills to the test with mazes, word games and codes to crack!
The second book in this popular series celebrating friendship, magic and fighting for what you believe in.
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Penelope Lively spent her early childhood in Egypt before coming to England aged twelve. She is an award-winning writer for adults and children, with prizes including the Booker, Whitbread and Carnegie to her name. We are delighted to be publishing A STITCH IN TIME on the Essential Modern Classics list.
More about Penelope LivelyThe Author: Malorie Blackman is an established, prize-winning author. She was shortlisted for the Carnegie medal in 1998 and has won the Young Telegraph Children's Book Award (1994) and the WHSmith Mind Boggling Books Award (1994). The illustrator: Alison studied illustration at Anglia College of Art in Cambridge and began an M.A. At Kingston University
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