Runaway Robot

Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce

Narrated by Ben Bailey Smith

Alfie is off school after an accident in which he lost both his hand and his confidence. He's lonely all day on his own. So when he comes across Eric, a one-legged robot in need of a friend, he brings him home with him.

But a ban on humanoid robots has just been passed, which means Alfie is breaking the law by sheltering Eric.

Can he keep his new friend safe - and himself out of trouble?

A funny and heartwarming adventure about two best friends helping put themselves back together, from the award-winning Frank Cottrell-Boyce.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Release date: May 2, 2019
• ISBN: 9781529008371

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Frank Cottrell Boyce’s first book, Millions, won the Carnegie Medal and his many other awards include the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Frank is also a screenwriter, regularly collaborating with Michael Winterbottom and Danny Boyle, with whom he devised the 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremony. He has written three sequels to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and counts an episode of Doctor Who that he wrote in 2014 a particular achievement, saying, “Nothing compares to the buzz of writing the words ‘Interior…TARDIS!'” Frank has seven children and lives in Liverpool.