Aliens Made Me Do It - David Macphail ill. by Rory Walker

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The Middle of Nowhere Determines The Fate Of The World.

In Aliens Made Me Do It, Earth faces its biggest crisis since that meteor rudely evicted the dinosaurs. Prince Perseus, a purple-haired alien tyrant, is bearing down with a planet-destroying fleet—and a fashion sense that involves a massive bucket helmet and clod-hopping boots.

The only one who can stop him is Princess Cassiopeia. Unfortunately, she’s just shrunk her own space armada while making a smoothie. Not exactly a heroic start.

Cassiopeia sets off to find Earth’s leader. Sensible options might include the White House, 10 Downing Street, or at least Basingstoke town hall. Instead, she crash-lands in a boy called Hillman’s back garden in Bilgeley, a small town in the middle of nowhere.

Hillman assumes it’s a YouTube prank. Cassiopeia, undeterred, demands: “Take me to your leader!” So Hillman takes her to the highest authority he knows—his crusty old grandad, who’s busy eating biscuits and watching Countdown. Not exactly the planetary defence committee she was hoping for.

But here’s the twist. Earth might not have laser cannons or force fields, but it has something Perseus doesn’t: ordinary kids with ordinary grit. In the middle of nowhere, with nothing more than wit, stubbornness, and the correct bus fare, Hillman, together with a girl called Roz, just might succeed where galactic princesses and space fleets fail.

Because when it comes to saving the world, sometimes the middle of nowhere is exactly what you need.

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David Macphail has worked as a chicken wrangler, a ghost-tour guide, and a waiter on a tropical island, and he now has the sensible job of writing about yetis, Vikings, mad aliens and the funny side of history. David is the author of the Lollies short listed Thorfinn the Nicest Viking series, the Top-Secret Grandad series, the Velda the Awesomest Viking series, An Amazing Illustrated Atlas of Scotland and An Amazing History Atlas of Scotland. He lives in Perthshire, Scotland.