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Twilight in the Land of Nowhen
Author(s): Nury Vittachi (Author)
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin
- Publication Date: 1 Oct. 2006
- Language: English
- Print length: 164 pages
- ISBN-10: 1741149355
- ISBN-13: 9781741149357
Book Description
Imagine living three seconds ahead of everyone else! This funny, mind-twisting, adventure for 10 to 14-year-olds tells you exactly what that’s like – and plays with Einstein’s theory of relativity along the way. Don’t read this book. Do NOT read this book Go watch television. Go play computer games. Go run around outside. Just put the books down quietly and walk away. WARNING! This book contains: *A boy who’s three seconds ahead of the rest of the world *An adventure in a hotted up hovercar *A fate worse than death.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Nury Vittachi’s sci-fi farce is slick and amusing.’AgeMetro review 29/10/06’This unusual fantasy novel is part entertainment, part science lesson, and all in all, a lot of fun.’Magpies, No 1, March 2007’A fantastic story suitable for the shy and the not-so-shy of all ages.’Cairns Post, 5/12/2006’…this funny, quirky novel…is like techno-Gleitzman for readers 10 and over, especially boys.’Gleebooks Summer Reading Catalogue, 20/11/06
About the Author
Nury Vittachi was born in Ceylon and now lives with his English wife and three Chinese children in Hong Kong, where he has published many books. He writes the popular Traveller’s Tales page in the Far Eastern Economic Review, and has worked for the South China Morning Post.
