Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth

<p><b>Shortlisted for the 2017 Carnegie Medal and selected for the Tom Fletcher Book Club, <i>Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth</i> by Frank Cottrell-Boyce is an adventure about the Blythes: a big, warm, rambunctious family who live on a small farm and sometimes foster children. Now Prez has come to live with them. But, though he seems cheerful and helpful, he never says a word.</b><br><br>Then one day Prez answers the door to someone claiming to be his relative. This small, loud stranger carries a backpack, walks with a swagger and goes by the name of Sputnik. The family all think Sputnik is a dog and chaos is unleashed as suddenly household items come to life &ndash; like a TV remote that fast-forwards people and a toy lightsaber that entertains guests at a children's party, until one of them is nearly decapitated by it &ndash; and Prez is going to have to use his voice to explain himself.<br><br>As Sputnik takes Pr