Chester Parsons is Not a Gorilla
By (Author) Martyn Ford
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
6th May 2019
Main
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Science fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
823.92
Paperback
336
Width 128mm, Height 197mm, Spine 20mm
260g
When Chester discovers he can mind jump, his sister Amy wastes no time in putting his new skills to work boosting the viewing figures on her video blog. And when a TV company takes them global, he does his most daring mind jump yet, into the brain of Tito the gorilla. The trouble is, when he tries to return to his own body - it's gone!
Has it been stolen But who would want it, and why And how come Chester suddenly has the urge to search Amy's hair for fleas The quest to find the answers takes him on a journey beyond his wildest imagination.
A fast-paced, mind-boggling and hilarious yet thought-provoking read from the author of The Imagination Box series.
Martyn Ford is a 29-year-old journalist from Hampshire, where he writes for the Bordon Herald. His first book, It Happened to Me, a collection of shocking true stories, was published in 2010 by Summersdale. In 2011 Martyn's TV script was in the finals of the BBC Laughing Stock Competition and he has since been in talks with the BBC about his writing. His debut, The Imagination Box, received huge critical acclaim, which was followed by The Imagination Box: Beyond Infinity and The Imagination Box: A Mind of its Own. This his first standalone title.