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- Hodder Children's Books
Books For Boys, For National Curriculum Key Stage 1, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Interest age: from c 5 years, Fiction, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Science fiction (Children's / Teenage), Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage)
These books offer the first steps on the path to reading confidence: with blatant boy appeal, but enough drama, excitement and humour to entice ALL readers.
KER-POOM! Tom swerves his bike, narrowly avoids a tree, and crashes into a silver spacecraft.
Hang on, a SPACECRAFT?
Next to the spacecraft is Wayne, who looks just exactly like that footballer on the telly, except for being bright blue.
Tom couldn't be talking to an ... ALIEN, could he?
Ian Whybrow's BOOKS FOR BOYS are funny, pacy reads from one of the UK's best-loved authors - collect all sixteen!
Praise for Books for Boys: The Footballer from Outer Space: Book 15
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These funny, inventive, high quality stories touch on subjects dear to boys' hearts....Wonderful stuff, with plenty to please both sexes. - TES Primary
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Full of adventure and humour, these are not just for boys, but for all young readers who love aliens, heroes, football and go-karting - The London Parents Guide
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Wacky and inventive, this is a real boys' page turner - Belfast Telegraph
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High action, high adventure and brilliant humour! - East Anglian Daily Times
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