Book description
When the Tooting family find a vast abandoned engine and fit it to
their camper van, they have no idea of the adventure that lies ahead.
The engine used to belong to an extraordinary flying car - and it wants
to be back on the road again . . . fast! The Tootings can haul on the
steering wheel and pull the handbrake as hard as they like, but their
camper van now has a mind of her own. It’s not long before they’re
hurtling along on a turbocharged chase as Chitty tracks down her
long-lost bodywork. But there are sinister forces at work too. When it
comes to a car as special as Chitty, everybody wants a piece of her . .
. Almost fifty years ago,
Ian Fleming
, author of James Bond, wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as a bedtime story for his son.
Now filling Chitty’s tank with his trademark wit, warmth and sense of
story, Frank Cottrell Boyce
jumps into the driving seat and takes Chitty into the twenty-first
century. He is the award-winning author of Millions
, Framed
and Cosmic
. He is also a successful writer of film scripts and, along with Danny
Boyle, is devising the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Olympics.
Joe Berger
is a prize-winning illustrator and animator. In 2011 he was a winner of
Booktrust’s Best New Illustrators Award. In 2010, Joe was the official
illustrator for World Book Day.
