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The 1,000-year-old Boy

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What to expect

The astonishing, beautiful new story for all readers of 10 and over from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER.

There are stories about people who want to live forever.

This is not one of those stories.

This is a story about someone who wants to stop…

Alfie Monk is like any other nearly teenage boy – except he’s 1,000 years old and can remember the last Viking invasion of England.

Obviously no one believes him.

So when everything Alfie knows and loves is destroyed in a fire, and the modern world comes crashing in, Alfie embarks on a mission to find friendship, acceptance, and a different way to live…

… which means finding a way to make sure he will eventually die.

Critics Review

u2018Boasts all the ingredients of a great book: brave kids, bold storytelling and a blistering plot. Full of humour and heartu2019 Abi Elphinstone, author of The Dreamsnatcher

u2018The 1000-year-old Boy is a breathtakingly epic story that you wonu2019t be able to put down. In Alfie, Ross Welford has created an unusual and fascinating boy who you are rooting for right from the first word. An original, surprising, moving and compelling read u2013 I loved itu2019 M. G. Leonard, author of Beetle Boy

u2018A wonderful story told with Welfordu2019s trademark warmth, wit and cleverness. Another great read from one of my favourite middle-grade writersu2019 Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars

u2018A cracking story about family and friendship that spans all agesu2019 Christopher Edge, author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright

u2018Delightful, charming and filled with humour. This is a unique and uplifting tale of a boy who lives a thousand years, yet still remains young at heartu2019 Peter Bunzl, author of the Cogheart Adventures

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