Boom! (Or 70,000 Light Years)

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Publisher's Synopsis

From the moment that Jim and his best friend Charlie bug the staffroom and overhear two of their teachers speaking to each other in a secret language, they know there's an adventure on its way.

But what does "spudvetch" mean, and why do Mr Kidd's eyes flicker with fluorescent blue light when Charlie says it to him? Perhaps Kidd and Pearce are bank robbers talking in code. Perhaps they're spies. Perhaps they're aliens. Whatever they are, Jimbo and Charlie are determined to find out.

There really is an adventure on its way. A nuclear-powered, one hundred-ton adventure with reclining seats and a buffet car. And as it gathers speed and begins to spin out of control, it can only end in one way . . . with a BOOM!

Note: This book was first published in 1992 under the titleGridzbi Spudvetch!It has now been completely re-written (Mark has changed pretty much every sentence one way or another) and given a new title that is much easier to pronounce!

Book information

ISBN: 9780385616294
Publisher: RHCP
Imprint: David Fickling Books
Pub date:
Edition: New Edition
DEWEY: 823.914
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 194
Weight: 290g
Height: 197mm
Width: 141mm
Spine width: 20mm