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Print Price: $12.95

Format:
Paperback
288 pp.
129 mm x 198 mm

ISBN-13:
9780192794123

Publication date:
June 2013

Imprint: OUP UK


Out of This World

Ali Sparkes

Tyrone Lewis is messing about in the woods, trying to keep out of trouble, when he stumbles upon something weird . . . a glowing lump of rock or metal or something. Whatever it is, it gives him an amazing power.

Which is cool at first, until Ty's new powers start attracting attention, and soon he's being followed by two sinister agents who seem intent on "collecting" him.

But Ty has no intention of letting that happen. So now he's got to RUN . . .

Check out Ali's amazing website: www.alisparkes.com

Readership : Children 9-12 (equally boys and girls).

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Ali Sparkes grew up in Southampton and despite some exciting months in London and even more exciting months in Lowestoft ("where she really experienced life on the edge"), still lives in Southampton today, with her husband and two sons. She has worked as a singer, journalist, broadcaster, magazine editor and the spangle-clad assistant to a juggling unicyclist ("frighteningly, there is photographic proof"). Ali currently has twenty-two children's fiction titles published by Oxford University Press including her SWITCH series, her award-winning novel Frozen in Time, and her heart-stopping new adventure series about a group of teenagers with special powers, Unleashed.

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Special Features

  • Ali Sparkes has sold over half a million books to date.
  • She has won numerous awards, including the much-coveted Blue Peter Book of the Year Award for Frozen in Time.
  • Ali's schedule for 2012 will see her visit over 16,000 children, with a similar number of visits planned for 2013.
  • A hugely commercial blend of contemporary action and science fiction, with the added allure of superpowers.
  • Filmic cover approach with overt mass-market appeal, designed to take Ali to the next level.
  • A thrilling, page-turning adventure full of unexpected twists and turns, told with Ali's trademark humour.
  • Prequel to the popular Shapeshifter series; also works as a standalone.
  • eBook available.
  • Previous comparable title: 9780192727558.