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#Giveaway Excerpt SPUTNIK’S GUIDE TO LIFE ON EARTH by Frank Cottrell Boyce @frankcottrell_b @WaldenPondPress 6.11

May 29, 2017 By Mary

Nerd Blast
Synopsis 

Award-winning author Frank Cottrell Boyce returns with another one-of-a-kind story of heart, humor, and finding one’s place in the universe.

Prez knows that the best way to keep track of things is to make a list. That’s important when you have a grandfather who is constantly forgetting. And it’s even more important when your grandfather can’t care for you anymore and you have to go live with a foster family out in the country.

Prez is still learning to fit in at his new home when he answers the door to meet Sputnik—a kid who is more than a little strange. First, he can hear what Prez is thinking. Second, he looks like a dog to everyone except Prez. Third, he can manipulate the laws of space and time. Sputnik, it turns out is an alien, and he’s got a mission that requires Prez’s help: the Earth has been marked for destruction, and the only way they can stop it is to come up with ten reasons why the planet should be saved.

Thus begins one of the most fun and eventful summers of Prez’s life, as he and Sputnik set out on a journey to compile the most important list Prez has ever made—and discover just what makes our world so remarkable.

AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE | BOOK DEPOSITORY
 

Praise for SPUTNIK’S GUIDE TO LIFE ON EARTH

“Cottrell Boyce invites readers to suspend belief while going on a physics-defying, mind-bending adventure that’s sure to appeal to a wide audience. Begging to be read aloud and full of escapades, humor, and spunk, this is a stand-alone gem.” —School Library Journal (starred review)

“I have to describe him, because there’s a lot of disagreement about what he looks like.

Height and age—about the same as me.

Clothes—unusual. For instance, slightly-too-big sweater, kilt, leather helmet like the one pilots wear in war movies with massive goggles.

Weapons—a massive pair of scissors stuffed into his belt like a sword. There were other weapons, but I didn’t know about them then, or I definitely wouldn’t have let him in.

Luggage—a big yellow backpack. I now know he more or less never takes that backpack off.

Name—Sputnik, though that’s not what he said to start with.

Manners—not good. My granddad always says that good manners are important. ‘Good manners tell you what to do when you don’t know what to do,’ he says. Sputnik put his hand out to me, so I shook it. That’s good manners. But Sputnik did not shake back. InsteadSputnik grabbed my hand with both of his and swung himself in through the door, using my arms like a rope.”

 

Copyright to Frank Cottrell Boyce 

Frank Cottrell Boyce is the author of Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth, The Astounding Broccoli Boy, Cosmic, Framed, and Millions, the last of which was a New York Times bestseller and was made into a movie by Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle. His books have won or been nominated for numerous awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, and the Whitbread Children’s Book Award. Frank is also a screenwriter, having penned the scripts for a number of feature films as well as the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. He lives in Liverpool with his family.

WEBSITE: https://www.harpercollins.com/cr-101722/frank–cottrell–boyce
TWITTER: @frankcottrell_b
GOODREADS: 
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/128040.Frank_Cottrell_Boyce
 

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– 7 Winners will receive a Copy of SPUTNIK’S GUIDE TO LIFE ON EARTH by FrankCottrell Boyce


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Comments

  1. Anne says

    May 29, 2017 at 12:39 pm

    The most memorable summer took place when I was 10 years old and went to summer camp for 3 weeks in The Laurentians North of Montreal where I lived. Camp was a unique and wonderful experience I continued to go to summer camp for many years and realized how beneficial it was to learning, meeting people and adapting to new locales and enjoying something new.

  2. danielle hammelef says

    May 29, 2017 at 12:47 pm

    My most fun and memorable summer was when I was in 8th grade and my parents drove us to Alaska for two months of camping, fishing, and sightseeing.

  3. Dianna says

    May 29, 2017 at 4:22 pm

    My most memorable summer was about 6 years ago when we put a swimming pool in our backyard. We were outside all day, every day. So much fun.

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