Compton Valance - The Most Powerful Boy in the Universe

(Paperback)

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Compton Valance has an incredible secret: he can travel through time using a mouldy sandwich.
How to become the most POWERFUL BOY IN THE UNIVERSE. 1. Leave cheese-and-pickled-egg SANDWICH in lunchbox for thirteen weeks. 2. Open lunchbox to find that sandwich has turned into a TIME MACHINE.3. Accidentally wipe out the DINOSAURS with a packet of custard creams.4. Try to stop someone evil stealing the most POWERFUL SANDWICH of all TIME and changing the history of the universe FOR EVER.

Reviews

Large print and plenty of illustrations make it fun for newly developing or reluctant readers and everyone else as well. * Primary Times *
A book bulging with lively illustrations, a mixed bag of quirky narrative styles, hilarious bullet points, laugh-out-loud jokes and funny, clever plots and twists. This is a story just asking to be read again and again and again. * Lancashire Evening Post *
For those who might enjoy being grossed out whilst considering the implications of time travel, its genius. Its great to read a book with a story which will engage more gifted readers, but that also acknowledges they might actually still want to read about yucky stuff. * Books-a-go-go-go-go-go *
Funny, clever, brilliant - I love this book. Buy it immediately! * Dermot O'Leary *
Young fans of Captain Underpants and Diary of a Wimpy Kid will be drawn to the time travelling antics of this new, unlikely superhero... Each page is bursting with cartoons, captions, doodles and ingenious caligrams... Every single page is lavishly littered with toilet humour that younger fans will adore. * Books for Keeps *
This amazingly hilarious book is the best book I have read since Diary of a Wimpy Kid. * Dom, aged 10 *
Told at a speed to match the time-travel theme of the story, this is a highly entertaining and wittily illustrated adventure which pays a lot of attention to food! Dreamy Compton Valances world is turned upside down when he comes across a very old sandwich which has some very unusual powers. Soon Compton Valance and his best-friend Bryan Nylon find they have the amazing power to travel through time. Its a fun and frightening experience and the two boys have a lot of laughs on their unusual travels. * Julia Eccleshare *
With clever jokes, disgusting food and comedic stereotypes, the plot twists, turns and fizzes through time and back again. Perfect. * Suffolk Libraries Online *

Author Bio

Matt Brown is author of 11 books for Batsford, using his trademark humour and playfulness as tools to explore the world. He has served as editor and editorat-large of Londonist.com, writing on topics as diverse as street art, politics, map-making and science. With a deep love of trivia, he's written and hosted hundreds of quizzes, including events for the Museum of London and Manchester Science Museum, among many others. He is tweeting at @mattfromlondon.