But Alfie is unhappy that other children at the Limb Lab are able to grasp their new limbs when he cannot. Past winners include my childhood heroes - Alan Garner, Leon Garfield, Joan Aiken - and contemporary heroes like Mark Haddon, Geraldine McCaughrean and Meg Rosoff. The ceremony was met with worldwide acclaim and even included a section inspired by children's books. Sadly, even by the standards of current children’s lit-supremo Walliams (who I think is really over-rated), the characters are slight. Steven lives with his partner Jay and his dog in Crouch End where he dunks endless amounts of biscuits in big red spotty cups of tea whilst listening to Radio 2.

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It was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2008 and the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Frank's imagining of this futuristic world where pizza ovens deliver your pizza and driverless buses is really brilliant. Eric is problematic - he has excellent manners and is polite and courteous; however, he takes instructions literally and that causes a whole lot of problems.The Limb Lab was a really fascinating setting for me; I mean super intelligent 3D printers that create perfect bionic body parts is unreal! He can answer any question (except the ones he doesn’t know the answer to) and will spit fire if something upsets him.

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but I didn’t know what, the author had place the tiniest amount of intrigue that sparked my interest but it soon fizzled out. Set in a futuristic world that doesn’t feel that dissimilar to the one we live in now, the read is packed with tech stuff of the present and the future.Himself a recipient of an artificial arm, he ends up discovering a hidden robot on the shelves, also missing a leg.