Rory Hobble and the Voyage to Haligogen

''This story is full of adventure and heart! A real page turner!'' Dani Harmer

''Warm, funny, pacy, endlessly inventive and life-affirming; there are lots of young readers who will identify with Rory'' Chris Beckett, Arthur C. Clarke-Award winner

Eleven-year-old Rory Hobble has it tough: he gets upsetting thoughts all the time and they won''t go away - ''Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)'', the head doctors call it. His mum hasn''t been very well for a long while either. Perhaps it''s his fault... Maybe that''s why she doesn''t always feed him; maybe that''s why she screams at him. At least Rory has his telescope - gazing at the unchanging stars keeps him calm. But, one night, Rory sees something impossible in the sky: mysterious lights - artificial and definitely not of earthly origin.

When his mum is abducted by the shadowy Whiffetsnatcher, Rory - accompanied by his space-faring, care-experienced social worker, Limmy -