The Kid Who Came from Space: The thrilling space adventure story perfect for children ages 10+

Fans of Ross Welford will be delighted by this story. The quality of the writing is exceptional and it has a fabulous plot. It's possibly his best yet (I say possibly because I've enjoyed all his others enormously too). It's exciting and intriguing right from the beginning and the drama continues right through to the end. My copy arrived on Saturday and I finished late on Monday night; even though I was really tired I couldn't put it down.I love Ross's Welford's work because he manages to combine ordinary children living ordinary modern lives, with the truly extraordinary, in a way that feels totally believable. This story is his first to feature an alien - quirky to us, and an outsider even on her own planet. The (only) native species on their planet (which has suffered many calamities in their distant past) place no value on emotion, personal relationships or imagination and are fascinated by humans, who they study in a type of zoo. They are fascinated by how much we enjoy reading and watching 'lies' (stories!!) The alien in this story is 'cursed' to feel emotions, and empathise with the humans kidnapped from Earth and in captivity.The story is told alternately from the aliens point of view, and that of a 12 year old boy, whose twin sister has been kidnapped. Oh, and it also features a boy who is on almost permanent exclusion from school, his pet chicken and a seriously courageous gran.If you like Frank Cotterell-Boyce's Sputnik, or Louis Sachar, then you'll love this. It's advertised as 10+, but content wise, as a year 5 teacher, I'd be more than happy to put on my book shelves for strong reader who can cope with a split narrative and some flash back chapters. Actually, I cant wait to lend it to some of my fans of Ross Welford pupils from last year so I can talk about it, and get copies for the school library.Very highly recommended!@gibbins_kim

I absolutely LOVED every moment of this, despite being a 40-something mum!I bought it after my Year 5 son’s teacher set a reading comprehension exercise using the first chapter and during lockdown, I have continued what would normally happen in school and read daily to BOTH my sons, who seem reluctant readers.I am, rather oddly, posting this with 50 pages still to go, because I DON’T WANT IT TO END!!! I think I’m actually enjoying it more than my kiddos are (although they are, especially my Year 8).I would recommend pitching this probably to Year 6 or 7 and it’ll definitely appeal to any gender. I’ve loved reading it aloud, with weird accents and everything - Ethan is a sarcastic, mature, relatable lad for 12 and really comes to life.Would definitely recommend and will be reading other books by Ross Welford now.

So amazing!! But the reason I have forebears is because the chapters are really short so there's lots of pages with like three line but overall I liked this book

Bought for gift.

I am a fan of Ross Welford he's a very good author my brother found it a little scaryBut it's an amazing book and consider getting his books :-)

I would recommend this to someone that likes aliens. It is a very good book to read before bed, with LOTS of cliffhangers (points to stop reading for the night).

What can I say, my now 10yr old son and I have loved every one of Ross' brilliant stories. They are absolute page-turners, brilliantly conceived plots. This latest one lived up to our expectations, but my personal favourite is still Time travelling with a hamster - if you get one, you'll want to read them all! :-). Brilliant books!

Read it in about 2 days and wants more from the same author