New book by bestselling author whose debut Small! was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Key title. Advertising campaign Gardners. Key title

HELP! ALIEN PIRATES STOLE MY GRANDAD! is an intergalactic adventure that asks a lot of BIG questions:

* Why is Harrison Brown pretending to be the Earthling Prime Minister?

* Who are the Cheddar Moon pirates and where's their lucky parrot?

* What happens when you fire your dead grandpa's ashes into space?

One teensy little fib plunges foolhardy ten-year-old Harrison headfirst into a daft and dangerous lunar parrot search. He'll be plundering from pirates, wrangling space cows and even coming face-to-face with a ghost captain. But if he can't find the pirates' missing parrot by bedtime, he'll be forced to walk the plank... into the BLACK HOLE.