Somewhere in the small, dull town of Blue Hills, the impossible is happening…
Inanimate objects are coming to life. Time travelers from the future are mingling unnoticed with the shoppers in the high street. School children are developing uncanny powers. Strange creatures are lurking within the grounds of a forgotten stately home. And with each of these mysteries comes a terrible threat that just might endanger the entire world…
Fortunately, help with these extraordinary phenomena is at hand in the form of Gabby Grayling and Barney Watkins aka The Odd Squad! Gabby and Barney are set to investigate all the odd happenings in their town and find out the truth…
About the Author
Mark Griffiths grew up in North Wales. At age 17 he sold his first comedy material to Radio 4. At 18 he was writing for Smith & Jones on BBC 1. He co-created and co-wrote BBC Radio Wales's political sitcom The Basement with Cai Ross. He's written three stage plays —The Lullaby Witch, The Impossibility Club and The Queen of Horror— as well as one for BBC Radio 4: Leona Cash, and was one of the writers on Charlie Brooker's TV series and book TV Go Home. To date he has written five children's books: four novels: Space Lizards Stole My Brain!, Space Lizards Ate My Sister!, Geek Inc: Technoslime Terror and The Impossible Boy, plus the picture book: The Burp That Saved The World (illustrated by Maxine Lee-Mackie). All are published by Simon & Schuster. He studied philosophy at the University of Reading. His interests include tea-drinking and natural history. He lives in Manchester and is mostly found in charity shops.
His web site is MarkGriffithsBooks.co.uk and you can find him on Twitter: @markgriffiths42 Mark also writes the Spy Toys and Space Detectives books under the name Mark Powers.
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Somewhere in the small, dull town of Blue Hills, the impossible is happening…
Inanimate objects are coming to life. Time travelers from the future are mingling unnoticed with the shoppers in the high street. School children are developing uncanny powers. Strange creatures are lurking within the grounds of a forgotten stately home. And with each of these mysteries comes a terrible threat that just might endanger the entire world…
Fortunately, help with these extraordinary phenomena is at hand in the form of Gabby Grayling and Barney Watkins aka The Odd Squad! Gabby and Barney are set to investigate all the odd happenings in their town and find out the truth…
About the Author
Mark Griffiths grew up in North Wales. At age 17 he sold his first comedy material to Radio 4. At 18 he was writing for Smith & Jones on BBC 1. He co-created and co-wrote BBC Radio Wales's political sitcom The Basement with Cai Ross. He's written three stage plays —The Lullaby Witch, The Impossibility Club and The Queen of Horror— as well as one for BBC Radio 4: Leona Cash, and was one of the writers on Charlie Brooker's TV series and book TV Go Home. To date he has written five children's books: four novels: Space Lizards Stole My Brain!, Space Lizards Ate My Sister!, Geek Inc: Technoslime Terror and The Impossible Boy, plus the picture book: The Burp That Saved The World (illustrated by Maxine Lee-Mackie). All are published by Simon & Schuster. He studied philosophy at the University of Reading. His interests include tea-drinking and natural history. He lives in Manchester and is mostly found in charity shops.
His web site is MarkGriffithsBooks.co.uk and you can find him on Twitter: @markgriffiths42 Mark also writes the Spy Toys and Space Detectives books under the name Mark Powers.