Book description
A stinking alien commander.
Eight freaky kids.
And a pair of faded Y-fronts.
When crazy Uncle Otto warns of imminent invasion from outer space,
his maths geek nephew Alexander takes on the task of saving the world.
He recruits a ragged crew of school superheroes to help him, including
Tortoise Boy, armed with Cedric the tortoise, the Human Hurricane, who
possesses untold power in his bottom, and Really Annoying Girl. But
with only a pack of cards, some toy ray-guns and a pair of old pants
for help, can they do it? Find out in this nail-bitingly scary but
hilarious story by a prize-winning author.
Anthony McGowan was born in Manchester in 1965. Educated at a
Leeds comprehensive, he won't say that his characters' schooldays are
exactly based on his own but he certainly writes from experience.
Before turning to writing full-time, Anthony gained a PhD in
Philosophy, worked as a nightclub bouncer, an Open University tutor, a
journalist and a civil servant. He won the 2006 Booktrust Teenage
Prize and Catalyst Award for his teenage novel Henry Tumour.
He is married to Rebecca Campbell, a fashion designer and novelist.
They have two young children and live in north London.
