Go back to the Space Race with No.1 bestselling author David Walliams for a breathless cinematic adventure full of mystery, action, laughs and surprises – and a secret that could change the course of history…
America. The 1960s.
Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure.
One night she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky… before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship opens and reveals a mysterious alien, all Ruth’s dreams come true.
But does this visitor from another planet have a giant secret?
Spaceboy is a hilarious and action-packed tale for readers in any solar system.
David Walliams was most recently Children’s #1 bestseller with The World's Worst Pets (TCM chart: 30 April 2022)

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David Walliams has become one of Britain’s best-selling children’s book authors, often compared to Roald Dahl in his writing style. There are now over 25 children’s books by David Walliams, including full-length fiction, short stories and picture books and all his books are illustrated.
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Adam Stower studied Illustration at the Norwich School of Art where he obtained a first class BA (Hons) degree, and then he went on to do a Masters degree in Narrative Illustration at Brighton University. Adam now lives and works in Brighton. This is his first picture book.
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