Author: Mangan, Stephen Reading age: from c 8 yearsPublished on 8 May 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 352 pages196 x 128 | 240g ALL the fun and madcap adventure of THEFART THAT BROKE WORLD BOOK DAY continues inthis planet-hopping, fart-powered-spaceship-shaking, laugh-out-loudstory!When Saskia is captured by aliens who plan to turn her into ahuman fart-machine, Perks, Jezza and Leslie blast off on a missionto bring her back down to Earth. Things get even more complicatedwhen they discover the spaceship holds some top-secret cargo…a gadget that the most dangerous, double-crossingvillains in the galaxy are in hot pursuit of…Throw in a pitstop at the universe’s worst restaurant, avisit to the Milky Way Museum of Oddities and a deeply strange encounterwith a praying mantis wearing a big bouffant wig and sparklyplatform booties and it’s truly an OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD adventure for our heroes.But when the mysterious gadget falls into the wrong hands,the kids must be the heroes the universe needs… and couldthe day be saved by one teeny, tiny FART?The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for young readerswho love brilliantly silly stories.Packed with pictures by Stephen Mangan’s sisterAnita Mangan.Escape the Rooms, The Fart That Changedthe World, The Great Reindeer Rescue and TheDay I Fell Down the Toilet have beenhuge bestsellers: Stephen and Anita are comic dynamite. Praise for Stephen and Anita’s books:Escape the Rooms:“A brilliant, clever, kind of genius book” GrahamNorton, Virgin Radio‘Richly imagined and deeply heartfelt’ HadleyFreeman, Guardian‘Manages to feel both classic and modern at the sametime’ Good Housekeeping‘A beautiful and exciting adventure that ignites theimagination’ Edith Bowman The Fart That Changed the World“A sure-fire way for kids to entertain themselves. What’smore, it’s also excellent for reading aloud” LoveReading4Kids“Laugh-out-loud stuff” Ray D’Arcy“A high-energy, brilliantly imaginative and laugh-out-loudtale that is guaranteed to blow away young readers” LancashireEvening Post The Unlikely Rise of Harry SpongeAfter the runaway success of joint debut novel, Escapethe Rooms, and the hilarious The Fart That Changedthe World, the dynamic duo return with an all-action,marvellously manic and laugh-out-loud tale with a message that anychild can be a heroLancashire Evening Post“hilarious … A right royal romp” FirstNews
