A strange man takes a photo of Jimmy's family. As the camera flashes, Jimmy's parents vanish.
The only clue is a picture of his mum and dad screaming.
You know what, sometimes teenage books are fun to read.
This may never win a major literary prize and you're not going to see it being discussed on The Book Show on the BBC, but it is great! It's original, twisty, scary and imaginative. Everything I like in a book. So sometimes it's good to ditch the 400 page adult piece of literary fiction. This, for me, is what books should be about. Somebody telling a fabulous story.
What makes it even cooler is that it was published by Barrington Stoke for The Book Factor. A Liverpool project where a schoolboy called James Pybis came up with the story idea and another boy called Dylan Gibson helped to design the book cover. What a cool idea!
5/5
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