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Boom!

By Mark Haddon

By Mark Haddon

By Mark Haddon

By Mark Haddon

By Mark Haddon
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By Mark Haddon
Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt

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May 10, 2011 | ISBN 9780385752244 | Middle Grade (8-12)

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May 11, 2010 | ISBN 9780375893643 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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May 11, 2010 | 226 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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    About Boom!

    An explosive, highly charged, and hilarious middle-grade adventure from Mark Haddon, acclaimed author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

    From the moment that Jim and his best friend, Charlie, bug the staff room and overhear two of their teachers speaking to each other in a secret language, they know there’s an adventure on its way.

    But what does “spudvetch” actually mean, and why do Mr. Kidd’s eyes flicker with fluorescent blue light when Charlie says it to him? Perhaps Kidd and Pearce are bank robbers talking in code. Perhaps they’re spies. Perhaps they are aliens. Whatever it is, Jimbo and Charlie are determined to find out.

    There really is an adventure on its way. A nuclear-powered, one-hundred-ton adventure with reclining seats and a buffet car. And as it gathers speed and begins to spin out of control, it can only end one way . . . with a BOOM!

    About Boom!

    An explosive, highly charged, and hilarious middle-grade adventure from Mark Haddon, acclaimed author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

    From the moment that Jim and his best friend, Charlie, bug the staff room and overhear two of their teachers speaking to each other in a secret language, they know there’s an adventure on its way.

    But what does “spudvetch” actually mean, and why do Mr. Kidd’s eyes flicker with fluorescent blue light when Charlie says it to him? Perhaps Kidd and Pearce are bank robbers talking in code. Perhaps they’re spies. Perhaps they are aliens. Whatever it is, Jimbo and Charlie are determined to find out.

    There really is an adventure on its way. A nuclear-powered, one-hundred-ton adventure with reclining seats and a buffet car. And as it gathers speed and begins to spin out of control, it can only end one way . . . with a BOOM!

    About Boom!

    An explosive, highly charged, and hilarious middle-grade adventure from Mark Haddon, acclaimed author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

    From the moment that Jim and his best friend, Charlie, bug the staff room and overhear two of their teachers speaking to each other in a secret language, they know there’s an adventure on its way.

    But what does “spudvetch” actually mean, and why do Mr. Kidd’s eyes flicker with fluorescent blue light when Charlie says it to him? Perhaps Kidd and Pearce are bank robbers talking in code. Perhaps they’re spies. Perhaps they are aliens. Whatever it is, Jimbo and Charlie are determined to find out.

    There really is an adventure on its way. A nuclear-powered, one-hundred-ton adventure with reclining seats and a buffet car. And as it gathers speed and begins to spin out of control, it can only end one way . . . with a BOOM!

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    About Mark Haddon

    Mark Haddon is the author of the bestselling novels The Red House and A Spot of Bother. His novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction… More about Mark Haddon

    About Mark Haddon

    Mark Haddon is the author of the bestselling novels The Red House and A Spot of Bother. His novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction… More about Mark Haddon

    About Mark Haddon

    Mark Haddon is the author of the bestselling novels The Red House and A Spot of Bother. His novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction… More about Mark Haddon

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Yearling
    May 10, 2011 | 208 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780385752244

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by David Fickling Books
    May 11, 2010 | 208 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780375893643

    Category: Audiobooks | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Audiobook Download | $14.00
    Published by Listening Library
    May 11, 2010 | 226 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780739381380
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    Praise

    Praise for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time:
    “Mark Haddon’s portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy.”
    — Ian McEwan, author of Atonement and Amsterdam

    “This original and affecting novel is a triumph of empathy; whether describing Christopher’s favorite dream (of a virus depopulating the planet), or his vision of the universe collapsing in a thunder of stars, the author makes his hero’s severely limited world a thrilling place to be.”
    — The New Yorker

    Awards

    New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing WINNER

    ALSC Notable Children’s Recordings SELECTION 2011

    Bank Street Child Study Children’s Book Award FINALIST

    Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices FINALIST

    New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing FINALIST

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