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How to Survive Without Grown-Ups

Series: How to Survive
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How to Survive Without Grown-Ups by Larry Hayes is an adventurous children's book that follows two siblings, Eliza and Johnnie, as they embark on a thrilling journey after all the adults mysteriously disappear. Faced with numerous challenges, they must rely on their wit and bravery to navigate the chaos around them. The story is filled with humour, excitement, and a hint of mystery, capturing the imagination of young readers.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this adventure-filled tale if you're curious about how imaginative kids rise to unexpected challenges when the adults are not around. This lively story will captivate you with its humour, resourcefulness, and the wild things that happen when young characters take charge.

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How to Survive Without Grown-Ups

A hilarious new middle-grade adventure series from new talent Larry Hayes. For fans of Sam Copeland, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Maz Evans. Highly illustrated throughout by the brilliant Katie Abey. 

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Get set for the new hilarious out-of-this-world adventure series for readers aged 8+ – this is the perfect new series for fans of Tom Gates, David Solomons and Star Wars! Highly illustrated throughout by the brilliantly funny Katie Abey.

Mum and Dad have left – gone to Mars, and they’re never coming back...

FREEDOM AT LAST!

But this isn’t one of Dad’s weird jokes; it’s REAL. It’s up to ten-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, to find out what’s going on, and launch a rescue...

Can they handle vampire squids, a suspicious villain, a secret island full of traps and a trip into space? And – more importantly – will they ever get their parents back?

The funniest, zaniest, most out-of-this-world adventure you’ll read all year! Look out for Eliza and Johnnie's second adventure, How to Survive Time Travel. Out now!

Series: How to Survive

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781471198342

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 August 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Katie Abey
  • Illustrated by Katie Abey

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 288

About the Author

Larry Hayes helps run an investment fund, and is a trustee for a homeless charity. On Fridays he homeschools his two kids, letting them decide what to study. In the future he hopes to become a treasure hunter, invent a yoghurt that makes you happy, and solve the maths behind the human brain. How to Survive Without Grown-Ups is his debut novel.    Katie Abey is an illustrator who lives in a teeny hobbit-like house in Derbyshire with a cat, a hedgehog, a small human and a rainbow-haired husband. Her work often features sarcastic-looking animals, and she likes using a lot of colour: she is allergic to Magnolia. Katie's ideas and strange sense of humour perfectly suit the field of children's books. She also creates stationery, greeting cards and clothing, which she sells on her website and in the two highstreet shops she and her partner own. When Katie is not drawing awkward cats and llamas, she enjoys tarot cards, walks and referring to herself in the third person.  

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