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The Great Blue Yonder

By: Alex Shearer
Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
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'You'll be sorry when I'm dead.'

That's what Harry said to his sister, before the incident with the lorry. And now he is just that - dead.

And he wishes more than anything that he hadn't said it. He wishes he could say sorry. And say goodbye to everyone he left behind - his mum, his dad, his best friend Pete, even Jelly Donkins, the class bully.

Now he's on the Other Side, waiting to move on to the Great Blue Yonder. But he doesn't know how to get there - until he meets Arthur, a small boy in a top hat, who's been dead for years, who helps him say goodbye....

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Fantasy Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Science Fiction & Fantasy
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"Sound strange? It is. It is also amusing, poignant, and deeply moving. A great main character and unusual topical matter combine to make a unique winner of a book that will leave readers laughing through their tears." (School Library Journal)

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Oh dear!

A primary-school aged boy with the inner monologue of a 65 year old man. Not only is everything he says completely antiquated, but he just goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on - and most of what he says is completely off topic.
This is set in the early 2000s but he has classmates with names like "Clive" and "Barry" and basically the whole character is just completely unbelievable. If it had been set so this boy was alive in the 1940s, I could have bought it but for some reason an author who clearly knows nothing about the mindset of a millennial child has just assumed that it must be the same as when he was growing up which, by the way, it isn't.
It's a cute idea, but I'm afraid it's SO POORLY EXECUTED. I found myself rolling my eyes and willing the end to come sooner (which is ironic for a book about a life that has ended prematurely). "... going to Games Workshop to look at the latest Warhammers." WHAT IS "WARHAMMERS" NOBODY CALLS THEM "WARHAMMERS" THEY'RE MODELS, OR FIGURES OR YOU COULD EVEN SAY ARMIES, BUT...... "WARHAMMERS"
SO, in summary, if you want a book that will leave you endlessly frustrated, confused and irritated - this is the book for you!

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