Book description
Boom! Is a roller-coaster read with spaceships, spies and
mortal danger!
Jim and his best friend Charlie weren't looking for adventure, when
they decided to bug the staffroom . . . But then they overhear their
teachers speaking in a secret language and it's too late to turn back.
And now they have to explain to the police, the headmistress and their
parents where they've been for a whole week - without mentioning the aliens.
Mark Haddon is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has
written fifteen books for children and won two BAFTAs. His bestselling
novel,
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
was published simultaneously by Jonathan Cape and David Fickling in
2003. It won seventeen literary prizes, including the Whitbread Award.
Mark Haddon lives in Oxford.
