The Day That Aliens (Nearly) Ate Our Brains Synopsis

A laugh-a-minute, action-packed alien adventure perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and Frank Cottrell Boyce. Best friends Freddy and Sal have accidentally intercepted a message from Alan - a spectacularly grumpy, brain-munching alien from outer space. Alan has only one message. Earth is going to be invaded in exactly ten hours' time. Soon the police, Nasa and even Presidents from around the world are getting involved - and Freddy is about to become the most famous kid on planet earth for all the wrong reasons. Wolverhampton, we have a problem.

The Day That Aliens (Nearly) Ate Our Brains Reader Reviews

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• Gene Macaulay, age 6 - 'I give this book ten stars out of ten because it was really funny and even made my Mum laugh out loud.'
• Angelito Francisco, age 6 - 'A really funny book that makes you laugh out loud, suitable for all ages, boys and girls.'
• Alexander Bisland, age 12 - 'This book is about an ordinary boy called Freddy and his best friend Sal. It is set in an ordinary house, on an ordinary street, in an ordinary town of Wolverhampton. But they aren’t going to be ordinary for long!'
• Jake Parke, age 11 - Wellington Primary Academy - 'I really enjoyed reading this book; it was very funny from beginning to end.'
• Prisha Yadav, age 8 - 'Great Book with funny adventures of dealing with an alien who wished to end the world.'
• Rob, age 8 - 'This is a very funny book.'
• Ethan Watkin, age 10 - 'it was funny and adventurous...I think this book was like none I had ever read before.'     
• Ollie Hopwood and Toby Hopwood, age 8 & 6 - 'The Day that Aliens (Nearly) Ate our Brains by Tom McLaughlin is a fast paced adventure with plenty of silliness of the kind my boys adore...It is funny and cheeky enough to be very engaging for even reluctant readers.' 
• Mark Dunn, age 7 - 'Choc-full of funny characters doing silly things, I loved this book as it made me laugh so much and there’s a great twist at the end.' 
• Annie, age 8 - 'A laugh out loud funny book which every one will enjoy especially children aged 8. I really recommend it.'
• Zara Sheikh, age 9 - 'I would definitely read another book by this author.'

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ISBN: 9781406375794
Publication date: 04/01/2018
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Format: Paperback

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About Tom McLaughlin

Tom McLaughlin has illustrated several books for Bloomsbury, including The Cloudspotter (as read by Tom Hardy on CBeebies Bedtime Stories) and The Story Machine, which has received wonderfully positive reviews and has sparked a number of thought-provoking articles on dyslexia (which Tom understands well, being dyslexic himself). Tom loves drinking tea, eating lunch and drawing (in no particular order). He lives in Devon. 

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