Compton Valance - Revenge of the Fancy-Pants Time Pirate

Description

How to battle an evil TIME-TRAVELLING PIRATE:1. Jump 600 years into the future.2. Find out that MEGA-BADDY Gussage St Vincent is back from the dead...with a time-travelling PIRATE SHIP.3. Do battle to stop Gussage becoming OVERLORD OF THE UNIVERSE.4. Show him you're no COWARDY CUSTARD and make him eat pie.

Matt Brown holds degrees in Chemistry (BSc) and Biomolecular Science (MRes). He has served as a scientific editor and writer at both Reed Elsevier and Nature Publishing Group, and has contributed to several previous science books, including Defining Moments in Science (2008, Cassell) and 1001 Inventions That Changed the World (2009, Cassell). He served as the Royal Institution's quiz-master for several years, and has also put on science quizzes for the Royal Society, Manchester Science Museum, STEMPRA and the Hunterian Museum. He recently gave a lecture about Michael Faraday while rotating around the London Eye. With comedian Helen Keen, he co-hosted a series of successful 'Spacetacular!' science-themed stage shows, culminating in a sell-out 2013 show at Leicester Square Theatre. Matt is also the author of London Day and Night (2015, Batsford), as well as forthcoming books Everything You Know About London is Wrong and Everything You Know About England is Wrong (also from Batsford). He also serves as Editor-at-Large of Londonist.com.

A brilliantly funny story about an amazingly misbehaving boy that comes with almost as many crazy, comical illustrations as there are words. * Lancashire Evening Post * Fantastically funny and delightfully disgusting time-travel fiction with hilarious black-and-white illustrations by Lizzie Finlay. * Lovereading4kids * Funny, clever, brilliant - I love these books! * Dermot O'Leary * If you haven't come across Compton Valance before and you're a fan of Wimpy Kid, Captain Underpants and their ilk, this is a new hero to get stuck into. * Manchester Evening News * The crazy plotline, eccentric characters and witty footnotes and author comments had me laughing out loud... Cool illustrations and design make these ideal for reluctant readers but honestly everyone will enjoy this excellent series. * Lovereading4kids.co.uk *