Greta Zargo and the Death Robots from Outer Space
Greta Zargo and the Death Robots from Outer Space is the first in a kids' comedy duology (that just means there’s two of them) written by A.F. Harrold and illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton.
Greta is an ordinary(ish) eleven-year-old orphan girl with journalistic aspirations, an absent-minded inventor aunt and a pair of ex-circus grandads. She's on the hunt for that elusive Big Scoop that will finally get her name on the front page of The Local Newspaper and win her the prestigious Prilchard-Sprizer Award.
In the meantime, all across the galaxy, planets are being destroyed by robots, in the name of exploration and the hunt for new knowledge. And now, the next planet in their sights is the planet Earth.
And, for various complicated reasons, only Greta stands in their way...
Shortlisted for the Leeds Book Award (2018).
Unabashedly straddling, treading on and tripping over that fine line balanced between Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy and Goth Girl, Greta Zargo is funny, odd, intelligent, daft and almost entirely unnecessary.
If this sounds like your sort of thing, then you'll be pleased to know that Greta's second adventure, as recorded in the book Greta Zargo and the Amoeba Monsters from the Middle of the Earth is available now, also from Bloomsbury, a bit further down this page.
You can buy the real book, obviously, from many independent and high street bookshops (which are often the same thing), as well as on the internet from sites such as Hive or Bloomsbury, or as an e-book from the usual online places.
Or you can buy a signed and dedicated copy direct from me, for £8 (including UK postage (for other places, e-mail me via the Contact page first)), by clicking the button below.
To download the thrilling audio version, read wonderfully by Cameron Stewart (Stn Officer Suffolk, London's Burning), visit either Audible or iTunes.
