Cosmic [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

F Cottrell Boyce (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 6, 2008

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 be offered the chance to drive a Porsche. Long-legged Liam makes a giant leap for boy-kind by competing with a group of adults for the chance to go into space. Is Liam the best boy for the job? Sometimes being big isn't all about being a grown-up.

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About the Author

Frank Cottrell Boyce, father of seven, is an established British screenwriter whose film credits include WELCOME TO SARAJEVO, HILARY AND JACKIE and 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE. He lives in Merseyside with his family.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Macmillan Childrens (June 6, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0230014011
• ISBN-13: 978-0230014015
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,598,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book full of laughs and delight for adults too, August 31, 2009

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Rachel DuBois (Orkney Islands, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cosmic (Paperback)

Cosmic is on my list of top books that will inspire delight, wonder and laughter in adults at least as much as young adults or kids. Like the best of the Muppets, Cosmic is written with plenty of in-jokes for the older crowd while still maintaining an innocence and wonder about something as thrilling as going into space.

Read it and feel like a kid again!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Send Dad to the Moon!, October 31, 2010

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Viviane Crystal (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cosmic (Hardcover)

Liam Digby is not your average 12 year old; he looks like an adult and is taller than any of his peers. His Dad tries really hard to understand him but Liam remains an enigma, a young guy who eats, sleeps, and drinks online video gaming programs, one in particular which even he is unaware is training him for something profoundly BIG!

Liam pretends to be his Dad and applies for an unbelievable opportunity, a contest for greatest Dads which will be an amazing adventure. As Liam's a daredevil of a sort, he figures he can handle this adult posing. Having dared to ride multiple times in a G-gravity roller coaster and experimented somewhat with his father's Porsche, what's next?

Much to his surprise, Liam wins the prize and takes, as his daughter, a friend, Florida. Here begins a bigger contest in which one adult from the other three winners will get to go to outer space with all the children. But these are not ordinary children by any means and Liam's "Dad" skills are hilariously not exactly up to par at first!

Cosmic is a tale about the wisdom of fathers and a higher purpose behind all those addictive video games that just might really save a bunch of very exclusive lives. It's not soppy, and it's downright funny in so many places. This is a very cool story that will please not only young adult but also adult readers. Behind the fun and adventure are some solid, scientific, intelligent facts presented in a fascinating way.

Very nicely done, Frank Cottrell Boyce!!!