Frank Cottrell Boyce

As a twelve-year-old who looks like he's about thirty, Liam feels trapped between two worlds. Deciding to mix things up, Liam uses his appearance to gain a seat on the first spaceship to take civilians into space. Shortly after they blast off, however, Liam and his other passengers find themselves caught in space 239,000 miles from home.

After their mother dies, two brothers find a huge amount of money which they must spend quickly before England switches to the new European currency, but they disagree on what to do with it.

Prez is trying to settle into his new foster family's home when an odd boy named Sputnik comes to the door. Sputnik is an alien that looks like a dog to everyone but Prez, and he can do things like read Prez's mind and manipulate space and time. As strange as Sputnik might be, Prez readily accepts his request for help--after all, Sputnik's mission is to save Earth from impending destruction.

The Tootings plan to go home, but they accidentally send themselves back to the Jurassic Age, and after being chased by a T-rex they head to Prohibition-era New York where Chitty enters a race to the lost city of El Dorado and back again.

Eighth grader George is a loser. Even his grandad doesn't want to hang around with him. Then he starts using the weird old aftershave that he got for his birthday. Suddenly all the girls are in love with him. George wanted to be popular, and yet now he's looking for somewhere to hide!

Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son Peter and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.

The incredible true story of two sisters joined by music and torn apart by love for the same man.