An explosive, highly-charged and hilarious adventure from Mark Haddon, acclaimed author of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME for readers 9 to 90. rom 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. ut 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. here 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 title Gridzbi 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!
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Mark Haddon is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has written fifteen books for children and won two BAFTAs. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time was published simultaneously by Jonathan Cape and David Fickling in 2003. It won seventeen literary prizes, including the Whitbread Award. Mark Haddon lives in Oxford.
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Paperback. Mark Haddon, Penguin Random House Children's UK. An explosive, highly-charged and hilarious adventure from Mark Haddon, acclaimed author of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME for readers 9 to 90. rom 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. ut 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. here 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 title Gridzbi 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! Paperback. Seller Inventory # 9780385617734-SECONDHAND
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