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Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London

by Keith Mansfield

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Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London

When thirteen-year-old Johnny's specially programmed computer, Kovac, detects an extraterrestrial signal, his life is set to change for ever. Until then, stuck in his children's home in Castle Dudbury New Town, with the nasty cook Mr Wilkins watching his every move, football had been his only escape. But soon things start happening around him that Johnny doesn't understand. Why is his mother, who is on life support in a hospital for the criminally insane, being guarded by sinister looking men? And why was a journalist murdered shortly after Johnny talked to him? When Johnny finds out he has a sister, he decides to run away to find her. But his search for answers take him beyond Earth and into a spectacular adventure through time and space where he visits new worlds, meets aliens, and along the journey discovers the truth about his parents and who he really is.

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  • 5 out of 5
    Will convert your reluctant readers

    My 14-year-old son wasn’t interested in books or reading until some school friends told him about Johnny Mackintosh. He made it through 300 pages unaided and from how he talked afterwards he seemed to have loved every one of them.

    I read it to see what the fuss was about and it’s basically unputdownable – you’ve no idea what’s coming next, but Johnny’s such a great hero you live every twist and turn with him. It’s the sort of story that could happen to anyone. Just as Harry Potter waits until he’s 11 to discover he’s a wizard, Johnny Mackintosh becomes a teenager before unusual things happen to him. They take him backwards in time and across the galaxy, but it’s not some sort of space/sci-fi epic. At heart Johnny’s an ordinary boy who loves football, computers and space, with a sister and old english sheepdog who support him every step of the way. You will root for them to make it home and be reunited with their parents, but I challenge anyone not to shed a few tears along the way.

    Sure to become a classic.

    Review by Jane Moraghan on 22:50, 08 Sep 2008

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ISBN

9781847244444

Published
July 3rd 2008 by Quercus Publishing Plc
Category
General
Number of pages
352
County of origin
UNITED KINGDOM
Dimensions
198 x 132