Grandpa's Great Escape

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HarperCollins, Feb 28, 2017 - Juvenile Fiction - 480 pages

David Walliams, hailed as “the heir to Roald Dahl” by The Spectator, burst onto the American scene with the New York Times bestseller Demon Dentist. Now the UK’s #1 bestselling children’s author is back with this high-flying adventure about a boy and his grandfather, perfect for fans of Jeff Kinney and Rachel Renee Russell.

Grandpa is Jack’s favorite person in the world. It doesn’t matter that he wears his slippers to the supermarket, serves Spam a la Custard for dinner, and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name. But then Grandpa starts to believe he’s back in World War II, when he was a Spitfire fighter pilot, and he’s sent to live in an old folk’s home run by the sinister Matron Swine. Now it’s up to Jack to help Grandpa plot a daring escape!

 

Contents

Dedication Up Up and Away
Reach for the
Spam à la Custard
Slippers
A Waft of Cheese
Secondhand Trike
Loon in the Moon
A Runaway Bulldozer
Something Dark Something Creepy
Dummies
Bonkers
A Rope of Knickers
Jolly Good Show
Bruises on the Bottom
Down the Hatch
All Sorts

Disneyland for Old People
Spit It Out
Colored Chalks 10 Facts Facts Facts
A Legend
Bunking
The Willies
Cartwheels of
Snoring Like an Elephant
Empty Bunk
Nothing
JiggeryPokery
Bird of Prey
Breaking the Rules
Jungle Roar
Forty Winks
Nuts and Berries
A Wardrobe in a Suit
Deeper DooDoo
Turning the Tables
Behind Enemy Lines
A Costly Call
A Shadowy Figure
A Matter of Life and Death 30 Twilight Towers
The Worlds Ugliest Nurses
Weeping Willow
Slither Like a Snake
Hidden in a Mustache
Still More Socks
With a Spoon?
Wigs and Makeup
Burned Mustache
Shake
Inferno
Hot as Hell
Coffboggan
Swoon
Lost Marbles
One of Our Aircraft is Missing 53 Glory Days
Racing the
Driving a Tank
Fill Her
Zoom
Never Surrender
Pure Poetry
Speeding Through Fire
Down to Earth
The Way to the Stars 62 Salute to a Hero
Broken Noses
Pants on Fire
An Army of Oldies
Goodbye
Epilogue
Glossary
Back
About the Author
Books by David Walliams
Credits Copyright About the Publisher
Copyright

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David Walliams is the New York Times bestselling author of Demon Dentist, The Midnight Gang, and Grandpa's Great Escape. His novels have sold over eighteen million copies worldwide and have been translated into over fifty-three languages. David’s books have achieved unprecedented critical acclaim—with many reviewers comparing him to his all-time hero, Roald Dahl. In addition to being a bestselling author, David is an actor, comedian, and television personality. In 2017, he was awarded an OBE for services to charity and the arts. He lives in the UK.

Tony Ross has illustrated many favorite books for children, including Lynne Reid Banks's Harry the Poisonous Centipede titles, the popular series about extra-terrestrial teacher Dr. Xargle by Jeanne Willis, and the Amber Brown books by Paula Danziger. Tony Ross lives in Cheshire, England.

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