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David Walliams ; illustrated by Adam Stower
Space boy
361 pages
illustrations
On cover: A super-sonic adventure
Summary: America. The 1960s. Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure. One night she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship opens and reveals a mysterious alien, all Ruth's dreams come true. But does this visitor from another planet have a giant secret? (Publisher)