Cosmic

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The humour renders the implausibility of the plot unimportant, in that Hitchhiker's way. This is one of the first books I've read in ages that made me laugh out loud. It was a breath of fresh air, lightening my week, and some of the irreverence transferred to my own life - there's nothing better than the ability to laugh at the absurdities of our own lives. All that practice at pretending to be Florida's dad comes in very handy when he wins a competition to be among the first people to visit a new, state-of-the-art space-themed theme park in China. Faking a letter to his parents about his class going to the Lake District for a school trip is easy enough. The only problem is, he needs someone to be his child, to take along with him, because the competition is for a parent and child. Convincing celebrity-gossip-obsessed Florida is only part of the problem: when they arrive their host, Dr Drax, tells them that it is the four children who will be going into space. Their fathers will be staying behind. Harper Collins Authors & Illustrators: Frank Cottrell-Boyce biography". Harpercollinschildrens.com. 27 May 2010 . Retrieved 29 July 2012. When Liam finds out he has won a contest to be the first on a brand new thrill ride at an amusement park, he's ecstatic! So what if he has to pose as a dad? He's done that plenty of times. But then Liam finds out that...

People - Insight Film Festival - Faith in Film". Archived from the original on 11 September 2016 . Retrieved 11 September 2016. An incredible hook to an incredible story! Not just about space but about friendships, families, relationships and lies. Bowman, Jamie (27 March 2015). "Merseyside author's son reveals bid to become MP". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 29 July 2022.What changes the story is the fact that one of the dads is 12. So reading this aloud was interesting, because there was much in there for the parent to think about when pushing your kids to strive for success, excellence or even tidying their room. More than that, Cosmic is also a muse on what it means to be a grown-up, as well as a dad, so I can easily see why industry magazines are showering it with stars. While I think it's authentically written in the voice of a 12-year-old boy, I'm neither twelve nor a boy, so I'd be interested in what middle school kids think of this book too. Boyce gets Liam’s voice just right. A screenwriter, he knows how to set-up scenes, create engaging dialog, and make a completely improbable situation believable. As he did with Millions, Boyce brings in deep philosophical ideas in a kid-friendly, convincing, and moving way. With this one it is about dads, about what it is to be one, what it is to be an adult. To the book’s readers, Liam is convincingly a kid throughout his story, even as he convinces the adults he encounters that he is an adult. And not just any adult — an adult just like his dad.

June 2010 COSMIC by Frank Cottrell Boyce, HarperCollins/Walden Pond Press, January 2010, 320p., ISBN: 978-0-06-183683-1; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-183686-2 Smyth, Chris (2018). "Universally challenged: Reading alumni team gets zero". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 11 January 2018. Cottrell-Boyce is an advocate for reading aloud and patron of The Reader Organisation. a charity that works through volunteers to bring literature to everyone, through reading aloud in prisons, care homes and other community spaces. [30] Novels [ edit ] GFrank Cottrell-Boyce receives honorary award". 16 July 2013. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013 . Retrieved 2 January 2014. Having said that and putting the game aside I thought this was a very cute story and that Liam is a likable character. It was sweet and tame enough for middle graders but enough adventure to keep kids a bit older engaged.

COSMIC is the story of how Liam finds himself masquerading as an adult and a father and leading a quartet of his peers -- including his own friend/pretend daughter, Florida Kirby -- into space on a privately organized (and secret) mission. The whole thing might sound more than a little improbable, but this flight is being taken on a spaceship called the Infinite Possibility owned by a theme park magnate, and Liam has seriously leveled up for what is to come by studying his father's copy of TALK TO YOUR TEEN: