By jumping between timelines, this book manages to tell lots of stories and give plenty of clues about the plot.

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perhaps his most famous example of this is in 24 Hour Party People where the character of Anthony Wilson states that “Scott Fitzgerald said there are no second acts in American lives. When Liam finds out he has won a contest to be the first on a brand new thrill ride at an amusement park, he's ecstatic! I loved the storytelling and the humour, but most of all I loved the space scenes and the description of that experience of seeing the world from far far above. Since the other kids, except Florida, believe that he’s really an adult, Liam has to man up and get them out of this dilemma.

Ed shares the story of how Liam, an extraordinarily tall boy, is launched into space in an ice cream van. Liam's voice is wonderfully wry and hilarious, and he also coined a word that's going into my vocabulary: dadliness. All of the main characters, but especially Liam and Florida, learn what "dadliness" is really all about. He also wrote the brochure, [22] [24] the stadium announcements [22] and the media guide for presenter Huw Edwards.

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Great as in being really tall; tall enough to ride any amusement park ride he wishes, tall enough to drive, tall enough to be repeatedly mistaken as an adult. It really is a silly story, and yet poignant at times too - it's no shallow, brittle kind of humour, but earnest, which also makes it just that little bit sad.He plays on the notion that World of Warcraft (the multiplayer online role-playing game with millions of subscribers) is the place young people best learn about problem solving and the real world. And Boyce is the master of funny (and always pertinent) chapter headings like “The Ice-Cream Man of the Gobi Desert”. It's funny, it's creative, it's surprisingly poignant, it's smart, it's clever and it's consistently surprising.

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For most part, Liam enjoys the benefits and advantages of being regarded as an adult: he goes to places he is not supposed to; he gets to drive a Porsche; and after passing the height restrictions, enjoys the scariest rollercoaster ever: the Cosmic. Long-legged Liam makes a giant leap for boy-kind by competing with a group of adults for the chance to go into space. I've been reading a lot of books with my son lately and this one is the best we've read in a long time by far. COSMIC is the story of how Liam finds himself masquerading as an adult and a father and leading a quartet of his peers -- including his own friend/pretend daughter, Florida Kirby -- into space on a privately organized (and secret) mission.These jumps between past and the present day weren’t too difficult to follow and definitely made the book more engaging. Whereas Charlie is deserving because despite his unspeakable poverty he doesn't complain or challenge the system, but Liam earns his reward for working hard and challenging the status quo.