Blitzers

· HarperCollins UK
Ebook
120
Pages
Eligible
This book will become available on August 14, 2025. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this ebook

When Danny reveals the dark underside of a company making a new fighting toy gadget, he has no idea of the danger he’s in ... A gripping sci-fi mystery from bestselling Alastair Chisholm.

Everyone is desperate to have a Blitzer, the new fighting-game craze. But Danny’s Blitzer is broken – it won’t fight!

His classmates laugh at him. His brother tells him to wipe the code and start again. But Danny does something different ... and everything changes.

For the people behind Blitzers are hiding a deadly secret, and now everyone is in danger. Can Danny uncover the truth? Can he figure out what Blitzers are? And above all, can he save his best friend?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

About the author

Alastair Chisholm is the bestselling author of the sci-fi adventures Orion Lost, Adam 2 and The Consequence Girl, the fantasy Dragon Storm series and dystopian novels I Am Wolf and I Am Raven. His books have been shortlisted for major literary prizes including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the James Reckitt Hull Children’s Book Award, the Biblio Buzz Award, the Inspire ELS Book Awards and Sakura Medal. Adam 2 was Blackwell’s Book of the Year and I Am Wolf was selected as Peters Junior Fiction Book of the Year.

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