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Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London
When thirteen-year-old Johnny's talking 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.
His search for answers takes him farther from home than he could ever have imagined, on a spectacular journey through time and space. Along the way he visits new worlds, prehistoric Earth and the lost city of Atlantis before finally discovering the truth about his parents and who he really is.
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.
His search for answers takes him farther from home than he could ever have imagined, on a spectacular journey through time and space. Along the way he visits new worlds, prehistoric Earth and the lost city of Atlantis before finally discovering the truth about his parents and who he really is.
352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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April 25, 2011
The first in the intergalactic trilogy has Johnny, and his long-lost sister Clara, travelling into space, going forwards and backwards in time, rescuing dinosaurs, discovering the city of Atlantis, flying through London in invisible taxi's, fighting aliens and captaining their own spaceship. For fans of Star Wars and Doctor Who, ages 9+
December 20, 2023
Excellent read. Rip roaring adventure suitable for all
December 20, 2011
I'd rate it 3.5 stars, very good plot, it reminded me alot of the Alex Rider book series.
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Very great way the Mansfield includes Bently into the book, I'm a fan of dogs so it was a great addition to the book, very sad ending when he loses his parents but it kinds of shows there is a follow up. Mansfield introduces technology and space-time theory i.e going back in time which was led quite accurate e.g like not leaving details out and not altering the path of the future. A good bit of the book is Johnny tries to save the dinosaurs species from extinction but then they were meant to extinct.
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Great book don't read the spoiler if your going to read the book.
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Very great way the Mansfield includes Bently into the book, I'm a fan of dogs so it was a great addition to the book, very sad ending when he loses his parents but it kinds of shows there is a follow up. Mansfield introduces technology and space-time theory i.e going back in time which was led quite accurate e.g like not leaving details out and not altering the path of the future. A good bit of the book is Johnny tries to save the dinosaurs species from extinction but then they were meant to extinct.
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Great book don't read the spoiler if your going to read the book.
January 11, 2016
Pretty awesome
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