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    How to Survive Without Grown-Ups
    How to Survive Without Grown-Ups
    How to Survive Without Grown-Ups
    Audiobook3 hours

    How to Survive Without Grown-Ups

    Written by Larry Hayes

    Narrated by Saffron Coomber

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    Get set for the new hilarious out-of-this-world adventure series for listeners aged 8+ – this is the perfect new series for fans of Tom Gates, David Solomons and Star Wars! 

    Mum and Dad have left – gone to Mars, and they’re never coming back . . .
     
    FREEDOM AT LAST!
     
    But this isn’t one of Dad’s weird jokes; it’s REAL. It’s up to ten-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, to find out what’s going on, and launch a rescue . . .
     
    Can they handle vampire squids, a suspicious villain, a secret island full of traps and a trip into space? And – more importantly – will they ever get their parents back?
     
    The funniest, zaniest, most out-of-this-world adventure you’ll read all year! Look out for Eliza and Johnnie's second adventure,  How to Survive Time Travel. Out now!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio UK
    Release dateAug 19, 2021
    ISBN9781398500075
    Author

    Larry Hayes

    Larry Hayes helps run an investment fund, and is a trustee for a homeless charity. On Fridays he homeschools his two kids, letting them decide what to study. In the future he hopes to become a treasure hunter, invent a yoghurt that makes you happy, and solve the maths behind the human brain. How to Survive Without Grown-Ups is his debut novel.   

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    • 5/5
      I thought the book was AMAZING!!! I wonder if I could survive with out grown up ?

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    • 4/5
      This was so much fun. Full of laughter and adventure

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    • 5/5
      Amazing, I really enjoyed it. I was listening it for ages. :)

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      Amazing AmazinG AMAZING BOOK. I really ReallY REALLY very VerY VERY love LovE LOVE this book BooK BOOK.

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      Nice nice nice nice nice nice very nice is very nice

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    • 5/5
      Brilliant! Fun and funny and touching. Will be enjoyed by children and adults. A bit scary at parts. Great ending! Great narration from Saffron Coomber!

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