Frank Cottrell Boyce Collection 5 BooksSputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth, Millions, Cosmic, The Astounding Broccoli Boy, Framed. Description:- Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth The Blythes are 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. Millions Two brothers, Damian and Anthony, are unwittingly caught up in a train robbery during Britain’s countdown to joining the Euro. Suddenly finding themselves with a vast amount of cash, the boys have just one glorious, appalling dilemma – how to spend it in the few days before it becomes worthless. Cosmic:- It’s one giant leap for all boy-kind in Frank Cottrell Boyce’s out-of-this-world story: Cosmic. Liam is too big for his boots. And his football strip. And his school blazer. But being super-sized height-wise has its advantages: he’s the only eleven-year-old to ever ride the G-force-defying Cosmic rollercoaster – or to be offered the chance to drive a Porsche. The Astounding Broccoli Boy:- Rory Rooney likes to be prepared for all eventualities. His favourite book is Don’t Be Scared, Be Prepared, and he has memorized every page of it. He could even survive a hippo attack. He knows that just because something is unlikely doesn’t mean it won’t ever happen . . . Framed:- Dylan is the only boy living in the tiny Welsh town of Manod. His parents run the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel garage – and when he’s not trying to persuade his sisters to play football, Dylan is in charge of the petrol log. And that means he gets to keep track of everyone coming in and out of Manod – what car they drive, what they’re called, even their favourite flavour of crisps.
Biography
Frank Cottrell Boyce is an award-winning author and screenwriter. Millions, his debut children’s novel, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal. He is also the author of Cosmic, Framed and The Astounding Broccoli Boy and Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth. As well as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again – the sequel to the Ian Fleming original. His books have been shortlisted for a multitude of prizes, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children’s Fiction Award (now the Costa Book Award) and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
Frank is a judge for the BBC Radio2 500 Words competition. Along with Danny Boyle, devised the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics.