The Impossible Boy

Geek Inc #2

by Mark Griffiths

Praise for Geek Inc: Technoslime Terror
"Full to the brim with fun, mysteries and oddities. Add to that a large, welcoming typescript and some very funny illustrations, and you have a book that both boys and girls will want to settle down and read." The Bookbag
"Sure to be a hit with kids" The Book Zone 4 Boys
Praise for Space Lizards Stole My Brain!
"Very funny debut novel... loaded with goofy characters, daft situations and laugh-out-loud lines. Douglas Adams himself would have relished the surly triceratops who goes on a rampage towards the end" The Financial Times
"Wacky fun that will appeal to younger readers." Parents in Touch
"very amusing" Armadillo Magazine
"Packed full of clever, witty prose and vibrant illustrations." Creative Steps
"I think this is a great book. I like the illustrations, it's exciting and funny." Guardian online
The X-Files meets Dr Who in this hilarious series from Mark Griffiths.
Somewhere in the small, dull town of Blue Hills, the impossible is happening. Inanimate objects are coming to life. Time travellers from the future are mingling unnoticed with the shoppers in the high street. School children are developing uncanny powers. Strange creatures are lurking within the grounds of a forgotten stately home. And with each of these mysteries comes a terrible threat that just might endanger the entire world...
Fortunately, help with these extraordinary phenomena is at hand in the form of Gabby Grayling and Barney Watkins aka The Odd Squad! Gabby and Barney are set to investigate all the odd happenings in their town and find out the truth…

273 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2013

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Reviews

[Adele Broadbent · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story begins with Barney livid that his game (Electronic Gaming Globe) has been confiscated by his teacher. But the buzz in the school is about the new boy Chaz who can do amazing magic tricks – making things appear or disappear. He becomes very popular but Gabby and Barney (of Geek Inc) are suspicious, even after Chas makes Barney’s EGG appear out of thin air and gives it back to him.
When Gabby follows Chas one day and sees him jump into his school bag and vanish, she is on another case for Geek Inc. On the internet she discovers many other kids talking about a new boy in their school, doing amazing magic tricks. But how can Chas be all over the country at the same time? Does he have a portal or time machine?

This is another great story by the very funny Mark Griffiths. This is the 2nd in the Geek Inc Series and the story leaves with an epilogue into another...

Great read for 7+ boys and girls. A story about friendship mixed with some sci-fi, action and humour.

[Adele Broadbent · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would definitely give this more than three - nearly 4 stars!

Barney and Gabby from Geek Inc (the 1st book in this series) are trying to figure why the new kid at school seems a little strange. He can do amazing magic tricks and seems to be all over the place. But when Gabby does some further digging over the internet she discovers he is all over the place – at the same time! How does he do it? This escapade is even better than the first adventure. Funny, clever and out of this world….

[Ben Baker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whilst not the target at all for this dimension-bending mystery tale, it was exactly the sort of book I would've loved as a grubby-eared inquisitive little sod. My ears may be cleaner now (NB: not legally binding statement) but my taste for a well constructed, very funny book with a real mystery, genuine emotion between the older characters and a lack of talking down to its audience remains entirely intact. Now to get all the other books. Geek out.

[Jenny / Wondrous Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5/5