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Part of the Future Ratboy Series
Write A ReviewThis brand new series from Jim Smith, creator of the one and only Barry Loser, scores top marks for nutty – and non-stop – surreal humour, and for its fabulous black and white illustrations. Our hero is Brian Lampost, ordinary boy who through a freak accident involving a wheelie bin, a TV and a lightning storm, is zapped into the future as a sort of super-hero (he’s half boy, half rat, half TV) there to do battle with robot grannys amongst other adventures. Don’t whatever you do make this bedtime reading – it will provoke that uncontrollable hysterical giggling in kids that terrifies all adults, but that proviso aside, it’s an absolute winner. ~ Andrea Reece
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When a bolt of lightning hits Brian Lampost (and his toy bird, Bird), he is zapped millions of years into the future! Life will never be the same again. Bird has been brought to life as Not Bird and Brian's DNA is fused with a rat giving him superkeel powers. Future Ratboy is born! But the future is not a safe place to be and there are killer robot grannies on the rampage! Will the dynamic duo survive the attack and save the world? Join Future Ratboy and Not Bird on their first adventure to find out!
Praise for the BARRY LOSER books:
'Will make you laugh out loud, cringe and snigger, all at the same time' - LoveReading4Kids
'Very funny and cheeky' - Booktictac, Guardian
'I laughed so much, I thought that I was going to burst!' - Finbar, aged 9
ISBN: | 9781405269131 |
Publication date: | 30th July 2015 |
Author: | Jim Smith |
Publisher: | Egmont Books Ltd an imprint of Egmont UK Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 256 pages |
Suitable for: | 7+ readers |
Genres: | Funny |
Recommendations: | eBooks |
One of the World Book Day 2014 Authors After graduating with a first class degree in advertising, graphic design and illustration in 1997, Jim Smith was spotted by the owner of a small coffee shop chain and brought in to fill the walls of their flagship store with his paintings.It was a three month contract; fourteen years later, Jim is head of design at Puccino's Worldwide Ltd, now an international coffee shop franchise with stores in the UK, Europe and Egypt.In the meantime he's illustrated kids' food packaging for M&S, drawn cartoons on the sides of PJ ...
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