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What can Lizzie do when big-headed Jake challenges her to a race in space? She's got to beat him. But Jake has a super-duper, deluxe new spaceship that runs on special fuel. . . Zoom to Pluto and back with this super pace story from award-winning author, Malorie Blackman.
Synopsis
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What can Lizzie do when big-headed Jake challenges her to a race in space? She's GOT to beat him. But Jake has a super-duper, deluxe new spaceship that runs on special fuel...
Zoom to Pluto and back with this super space story from award-winning author, Malorie Blackman.
About the Author
Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. The novels in her Noughts & Crosses series have won several awards, including the Red House Children's Book Award. Both Hacker and Thief! won the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 Award—Malorie is the only author to have won this award twice—while Hacker also won the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award in 1994. Her work has appeared on screen, with Pig-Heart Boy, which was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, being adapted into a BAFTA-winning TV serial. Malorie has also written a number of titles for younger readers including Cloud Busting, which won the Smarties Silver Award, The Monster Crisp Guzzler and Whizziwig. Colin Mier is the illustrator of The Amazing Adventures of Raincoat Man, Go Fox, and Jumping Jack.