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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams, Eoin Colfer

From Shelf: 'Gateway' books for young teens ready for older reads

Losing your planet isn't the end of the world . . . Douglas Adams's mega-selling cult classic!

Go on a galactic adventure with the last human on Earth, his alien best friend, and a depressed android. Introducing younger readers to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, this YA edition of the funny sci-fi classic includes an introduction from Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer.One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. It's the final straw for Arthur Dent, who has already had his house bulldozed that morning. But for Arthur, that is only the beginning . . . In the seconds before global obliteration, Arthur is plucked from the planet by his friend Ford Prefect - and together the pair venture out across the galaxy on the craziest, strangest road trip of all time!Totally hilarious, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been a radio show, TV show, stage play, comic book and film, and is and a work of utter comic genius from Douglas Adams.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
208
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
ISBN:
9780330508117
Published Date:
1/9/2009
Dimensions:
197mm x 130mm x 13mm
Weight:
155g
Category:
Science fiction (Children's / Teenage)

RRP: £7.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780330508117


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