Description
An extraordinary novel for anyone who's ever been curious.
When Albie's mum dies, it's natural he should wonder where she's gone. His parents are both scientists and they usually have all the answers. Dad mutters something about Albie's mum being alive and with them in a parallel universe. So Albie finds a box, his mum's computer and a rotting banana, and sends himself through time and space to find her...
"Christopher Edge's warm hearted writing sucks you in from the start with a sparkling take on parallel worlds, fuelled by a delightfully fresh understanding of quantum physics and a fearless ability to take on life, loss and dreaming big while never talking down to his readers. Bananas will never be the same again. I have one complaint about this book. I wanted it to be longer." Samira Ahmed
Cover illustration by Matt Saunders.
How far would you go to change your world?
About the Author
Christopher Edge is an award-winning children's author whose books have been translated into more than twenty languages. His novel The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day won the STEAM Children's Book Prize and his last four novels were all nominated for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal. Before becoming a writer, he worked as an English teacher, editor and publisher - any job that let him keep a book close to hand - and he now lives in Gloucestershire with his wife and family, close to his local library.
Find out more about Christopher at christopheredge.co.uk and find him on Twitter @edgechristopher
Reviews
"A big book with a big brain, big laughs and a big, big heart" - Frank Cottrell Boyce; "Hilarious and full of heart" - Piers Torday; "Proves the theory that novels about science can be enormous fun" - The Times
Awards
Winner of West Sussex Story Book Award 2017 2017 (UK). Short-listed for Sheffield Children's Book Award 2017 (UK).
Book Information
ISBN 9780857636041
Author Christopher Edge
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Nosy Crow Ltd
Publisher Nosy Crow Ltd
