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The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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Go on a galactic adventure with the last human on Earth, his alien best friend, and a depressed android. Introducing younger readers to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy , this YA edition of the funny sci-fi classic includes an introduction from Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer.

One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. It’s the final straw for Arthur Dent, who has already had his house bulldozed that morning. But for Arthur, that is only the beginning . . .

In the seconds before global obliteration, Arthur is plucked from the planet by his friend Ford Prefect – and together the pair venture out across the galaxy on the craziest, strangest road trip of all time!

Totally hilarious, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has been a radio show, TV show, stage play, comic book and film, and is and a work of utter comic genius from Douglas Adams.

Our Review Panel says...

Hmm, another book that’s not really a children’s book but I’m not a fan of banding books by age and any confident reader from about eleven up could easily handle this. Not least because it’ll have them snorting with laughter from the get-go and that always keeps the pages turning. Again, it’s a game-changer book – one that set a new bar in both humour and science-fiction writing – and I can still remember reading it for the first time. The Hitch-hiker’s Guide was one of those rare and beautiful books that leaves your eyeballs hanging out of your head, not quite believing a writer could be this funny or this good.

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