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Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London by Keith Mansfield

When thirteen-year-old Johnny's talking computer Kovac detects an extraterrestrial signal, his life is set to change for ever. Until then, stuck in his children's home in Castle Dudbury New Town, with the nasty cook Mr Wilkins watching his every move, football had been his only escape. But soon things start happening around him that Johnny doesn't understand: why is his mother, who is on life support in a hospital for the criminally insane, being guarded by sinister looking men? And why was a journalist murdered shortly after Johnny talked to him? When Johnny finds out he has a sister, he decides to run away to find her.

His search for answers takes him farther from home than he could ever have imagined, on a spectacular journey through time and space. Along the way he visits new worlds, prehistoric Earth and the lost city of Atlantis before finally discovering the truth about his parents and who he really is.

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Exceptionally believable, lovable and fun characters. The writing is engaging and accomplished reminiscent of Rowling - Bookbag an intelligent, engaging addition to the genre, with a likeable hero in the person of Johnny infectious energy in the writing style -
Books for Keeps
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About The Author

Keith Mansfield began his career as a writer and publisher working for Robert Maxwell - he never got round to starting a pension. Having studied mathematical physics at Trinity College, Cambridge, his career followed the expected route so now he writes children's fiction and scripts light entertainment programmes for popular television. Along the way, he's published a few books for Oxford University Press, Pearson and the British Film Institute, as well as helping to create The Science of Spying at London's Science Museum.

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