Publisher details

Author: Darrell Pitt
Publisher: Text Publishing
Genres: Children’s Fiction, Fiction
Released: 26 February, 2018
ISBN: 9781925603392

Boy From Earth

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Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Bobby Baxter’s not the bravest kid on Earth. His list of things that scare him is up to number 689, and includes lightning, crowds, spiders, alien abductions, crocodiles, falling from great heights, falling from small heights and eggs.So when he learns that he’s the first Earthling ever chosen to attend the Galactic Space Academy, light years away from home, he’s terrified - and that’s before he discovers that someone at the academy wants the boy from Earth gone.

About the author

Darrell Pitt

Darrell Pitt began his lifelong appreciation of Victorian literature when he read the Sherlock Holmes stories as a child, quickly moving on to H.G. Wells and Jules Verne. This early reading led to a love of comics, science fiction and all things geeky. Darrell is now married with one daughter. He lives in Melbourne. Three Jack Mason Adventures, The Firebird Mystery, The Secret Abyss and The Broken Sun, will be released by Text in 2014.