{"product_id":"9781529008814","title":"Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Cottrell Boyce, Frank \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAdventure stories (Children's \/ Teenage)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 21 February 2019 by PAN MACMILLAN (Macmillan Children's Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages, B\u0026amp;W illustrations from Steven Lenton\u003cbr\u003e198 x 130 x 23 | 258g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the 2017 Carnegie Medal and selected for the Tom Fletcher Book Club, Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell-Boyce is an adventure about the Blythes: a big, warm, rambunctious family who live on a small farm and sometimes foster children. Now Prez has come to live with them. But, though he seems cheerful and helpful, he never says a word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen one day Prez answers the door to someone claiming to be his relative. This small, loud stranger carries a backpack, walks with a swagger and goes by the name of Sputnik. The family all think Sputnik is a dog and chaos is unleashed as suddenly household items come to life  like a TV remote that fast-forwards people and a toy lightsaber that entertains guests at a children's party, until one of them is nearly decapitated by it  and Prez is going to have to use his voice to explain himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Sputnik takes Prez on a journey to finish writing his guidebook to Earth called Ten Things Worth Doing on Earth, each adventure seems to take Prez nearer to the heart of the family he is being fostered by, but they also take him closer to the day that he is due to leave them forever . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition features fantastic cover artwork and black and white inside illustrations from the incredible Steven Lenton.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45779549847792,"sku":"9781529008814","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781529008814_f4019a12-01c8-4541-b03a-afc3dd472d43.jpg?v=1713534438","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9781529008814","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}