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      Boom!

      by Mark Haddon
      Published
      Mar 2009
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      194
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      About This Book

      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

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction Suspense

      Subgenres

      Action Adventure

      Themes

      Comedy / Humor

      Characters & Occupations

      Aliens

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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