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Year 6 goes to Hollywood!

Head to Tinseltown in this hilarious and heart-warming adventure by the UK Children’s Laureate 2024-2026 and bestselling, award-winner Frank Cottrell-Boyce. The Blockbusters! is fabulously illustrated in black and white throughout by Steven Lenton.

Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing.

When new boy Rafa and his friends accidentally stray onto the set of a Hollywood blockbuster, the last thing they expect is to become part of the action. Rafa’s likeness to the famous movie star, BB, gives him VIP access all areas, including the banquet of catering doughnuts!

But Rafa isn’t the only one having an adventure. His big brother, Cillian, is missing. He sent Rafa a clue to his location, but he can’t really be in actual Hollywood, can he? It’s up to Rafa to keep acting the part of a movie star, if he is to find his brother – and home.

Praise for Frank Cottrell-Boyce:

‘Full of heart and emotion that might just bring a tear to your eye’ – Tom Fletcher on Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth

‘Full of jokes and touching moments’ – The Sunday Times on Framed

‘He has something of Roald Dahl’s magic, but more heart’ – Sunday Telegraph on Cosmic

‘A funny, charming, life-affirming book’ – Richard Osman on Runaway Robot

Publisher Review

A writer of comic genius – he has something of Roald Dahl’s magic, but more heart * Sunday Telegraph * The author’s experience as a screenwriter brings added humour and authenticity to this thrill ride, which is full of warmth, wit and action – with a surprising final twist. * Daily Mail * A gloriously funny, poignant caper about celebrity, Hollywood glamour, a lost home and a missing brother . . . pure joy. — Amanda Craig Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s writing shines brighter than an LED and his latest middle grade novel, The Blockbusters!, is more entertaining than a multiplex full of Oscar winners! This author has a unique talent for combining jokes, wisdom, and human relationships with a warmth and kindness that bring a smile to your face, new ideas to your brain and a glow to your heart. — v’sViewFromtheBookshelves Frank Cottrell-Boyce is an absolute genius at creating larger-than-life tales which seem utterly plausible.. Bursting with humour and accompanied by lively black-and-white drawings, this is a compelling read. * BookTrust * Featuring Lenton’s brilliantly vibrant illustrations and with fascinating insights into the thrills and chaos of film-making, The Blockbusters! will keep readers gasping and giggling right through to the final scene. — Lancashire Evening Post Action-packed * Daily Mail best children’s books for holiday reading * With the author’s authentic insight and the addition of some great illustrations this book is
incredible, funny, glittering, full of adventure and heart. * Armadillo * Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s happy geniality invests everything he writes, and so it is
with The Blockbusters! which somehow combines the grim business of not having much money or a home with a fairy story in which an English class and their teacher go from a trip to Stratford to Hollywood and end up at the Oscars. It’s fantastical, but rooted in a reality with which many children are familiar. * The Spectator *