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Grandpa’s Great Escape

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Grandpa’s Great Escape by David Walliams, and Tony Ross

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By David Walliams, and and, Tony Ross

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The hotly-anticipated next novel from NUMBER ONE bestselling author, David Walliams

Jack’s Grandpa… *wears his slippers to the supermarket *serves up Spam à la Custard for dinner *and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name But he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day… An exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and his beloved Grandpa – this book takes readers on an incredible journey with Spitfires over London and Great Escapes through the city in a high octane adventure full of comedy and heart. Illustrated by the award-winning Tony Ross.

Reviews

28 Nov 2023

The best book I’ve ever read. Again grabbing you in and very funny from the first page.
All about an old lad who is flying planes.
Very good
5 star any day.

30 Oct 2023

Really funny, exciting and all emotions.

29 Oct 2023

Exciting story.

21 Sep 2023

I liked how Grandpa kept escaping. And I liked how he found a real Spitfire in the Imperial War Museum. He thought it was a real plane!

14 Sep 2023

fab

07 Sep 2023

I love this fiction book because it is so funny and youngsters will enjoy it. My favourite character was Grandpa because I like how he calls people ' Charlady ' and he loves the spitfire. I love all the action at the end! I would recommend this book.

03 Sep 2023

I liked this book it had good memories about the war

03 Sep 2023

This book is funny and creative and I suggest everyone reads it!

01 Sep 2023

Wow. This is beautiful. I love this and I always will love David Walliams

30 Aug 2023

I really recommend this book it is tense and has got big surprises waiting. It can be sad and happy I felt really adventurous after I read it . My favourite character was probably grandpa because he was hilarious! He thought it was still World War II so all he said was related to that .It wasn't that factual But I was never relaxed

30 Aug 2023

This book was amazing, so funny and a brilliant story! I loved when Grandpa stole the aircraft from the museum and flew off into the sunset! My favourite character is Raj the newsagent he is always so funny and makes me laugh!

27 Aug 2023

I liked this book because Grandpa escaped from prison

25 Aug 2023

it's good

23 Aug 2023

It was so funny! I think David Walliams is an amazing author; he may be one of my favourites!

21 Aug 2023

An excellent book you should read it

21 Aug 2023

Will Tom's Grandpa escape from the dreaded care home with help from his grandson, or will he make it out of there in a coffin like the other's did?

20 Aug 2023

I recommend this book.this story is about a boy and his grandfather. The Grandfather thinks he is still in WW2 and is often flying around in his spitfire. This story is a lot of fun and one of my favourite David Walliam's books.

20 Aug 2023

I loved it when grandpa saved everyone in twinklight towers

18 Aug 2023

It was a very good story and I liked the granddad as he was funny and kept thinking he was flying. It interested me because when I looked at the cover I saw a spitfire and I like spitfires and David Walliams books. I would recommend it because this book is excellent, has lots of comedy and it is also serious.

16 Aug 2023

It was good

15 Aug 2023

I liked that they stole a spitfire from a museum.

15 Aug 2023

its was very intreging

14 Aug 2023

The book is really interesting. I like jets and planes and that's what the book is all about. It's a good read.

12 Aug 2023

I love when grandpa thought he was in ww1 and he went to the museum and got in a plan that was hanging from the roof.

10 Aug 2023

I thought that this book was really good, I rate it 5/5. It was really thrilling and mysterious! I would definitely recommend!

10 Aug 2023

Fun book about world war 2

08 Aug 2023

Awesome!

04 Aug 2023

Many years ago grandpa was a World War II flying ace. But when he is sent to the old folks home Twighlight Towers- run by sinister matron Swine - it’s up to grandpa and his grandson,Jack, to plot a daring escape. Little do they know, the wicked matron is on to them…

03 Aug 2023

My favourite character is Jack. He and his Grandpa has amazing adventures together. The adventures would be making a daring escape from Twilight Towers, the theft of the fighter plane and the parachute drop into the garden of Buckingham palace. I would definitely recommend you to read it.

01 Aug 2023

This book was probably the best David Walliams book lve read so far because it has all of the adventure and all of the excitement that I like in books.

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