The Boy Who Fell From the Sky

A Demon from the stars above called Spark (and his little brother Speck) just found himself the bestest friend in the whole Universe - Zed, a loyal, courageous, vulnerable, compassionate and intelligent boy from Earth who fights for what’s right no matter how high the stakes might be!! Zed is the son of a Hunter, actually the BEST Hunter alive on Earth. What do they hunt? Demons - mythical/monster-type aliens that fall from the sky with stars who prey on humans. At least, that’s what humans have always been told, and the story books say it too so it must be true. Zed, though, is coming of age and his dad would love nothing more than for him to follow in his family tradition. The Authority assessment, however, doesn’t quite to plan. Upon his turn to look to the sky for a sign of his future, this boy, who looks forward more to an art lesson than a PE lesson, sees a shooting star, not the expected constellation of an ancient Hunter. Ah. Problem. With all the pressures of a father’s expectations of his son and the loneliness of a life of a Hunter’s child who has no interest in that life… Zed is utterly miserable and anxious about how he can earn his dad’s love and respect. Spending his time in his treehouse with his nose in one of his zillions of books, that’s more powerful an education, it turns out, than all he could ever learn from training to be a Hunter… “I felt safe in stories because they allowed me to escape into new worlds.” - ZedExpect edge-of-the-seat adventure, giggly/teary moments as friendships emerge, a mystery to solve and a protagonist like Zed that the reader can really imagine themselves right along side of cheering him on through the ups and downs.
Encouraging children to reflect on many scenes in the story, dialogue often poses the question about whether if someone is different do they pose a threat or not. I’m sure many of us can find memories of moments whereby we have been told about who or what to fear that perhaps didn’t turn out to be true. Interestingly, this story really does make you wonder what all to believe about aliens in general, and what might happen if you met one!! I think as long as they like stories and chocolate, we’ll get along just fine LOL.I have a feeling there’ll be a sequel… so hold onto your star-gazing bobble-hats for book 2 at some point?

Brilliant! Such a page turner, I really enjoyed it and I particularly loved the characters.

Perfect for confident readers in Year 4 upwards, this will make a great introduction to science fiction for those who possibly would not normally choose to read that genre but it will also appeal to those who have already enjoyed titles such as Space Oddity by Christopher Edge.