Future Ratboy and the Invasion of the Nom Noms

Future Ratboy #2

by Jim Smith

From the bestselling and Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning author of Barry Loser comes the sequel to the brilliant Future Ratboy and the Attack of the Killer Robot Grannies! Perfect for readers aged 7-10 years old and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates and Dennis the Menace. When a bolt of lightning hit Colin Lamppost he was zapped millions of years into the future and turned into a half boy, half rat, half TV! With new superkeel powers and a real life sidekick in Not Bird, Future Ratboy was born. In this new adventure, can Future Ratboy and Not Bird save Shnozville from the bitey little insects that are turning everyone into zombies? Will they defeat the evil Mr X? And how will they ever find their way home? This laugh-out-loud, unlikely superhero comedy adventure will delight all those that enjoyed Tom Gates, Wimpy Kid, Captain Underpants and Jedi Academy. Jim Smith is the keelest kids’ book author in the whole wide world amen. He graduated from art school with first class honours (the best you can get) and is the author of the award-winning and bestselling BARRY LOSER I am not a Loser, I am still not a Loser, I am sort of a Loser, I am so over being a Loser, Barry Loser and the Holiday of Doom, Barry Loser and the Case of the Crumpled Carton and Barry Loser Hates Half Term. He lives in London. He also designs cards and gifts under the name Waldo Pancake.

240 pages, Paperback

Published September 28, 2016

About the author

After graduating with a first class degree in advertising, graphic design and illustration in 1997, Jim Smith was spotted by the owner of a small coffee shop chain and brought in to fill the walls of their flagship store with his paintings.

It was a three month contract; seventeen years later, Jim is head of design at Puccino's Worldwide Ltd, now an international coffee shop franchise with stores in the UK, Europe and Egypt.

In the meantime he's illustrated kids' food packaging for M&S, drawn cartoons on the sides of PJ smoothies, created in-store graphics for Orange phone stores, designed book covers and branded a New York based Iced Tea company.

In 2010, Jim launched the hugely successful Waldo Pancake range of stationery and gift products, now sold in the UK, Australia, Singapore, Europe and the US.

'I am not a Loser' by Barry Loser, the first of a series of children's books 'spellchecked' by Jim, was published in 2012, having already sold rights to nine countries. The sequel, 'I am Still Not a Loser' was the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013 and declared the funniest book for children aged seven to fourteen.

Jim has now written six Barry Loser books, and numerous short stories. 'Future Ratboy', a spin-off series of books based on Barry's favourite TV star, debuts in July 2015.

Reviews

[Harry Evans · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[Jo Co32 · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this book to my class as it was their 1st choice from the 6-8 year old category of the Lollies, Laugh Out Loud Award books we had. However I think it is a book which really would benefit from being read first hand rather than read aloud, as the illustrations are such an integral part of it that reading it aloud loses some of the nuances and humour in the same way reading aloud a graphic novel would not work.
It was however a popular choice of the 1 in 3 of the children with the characters' names and the disgusting humour of crawling through a creatures guts to emerge from its bottom causing great hilarity.

[Charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

I brought and read this to my 8 year old after us sharing the whole Barry looser book set and he absolutely loved it ❤ he can't wait to get started on the others. A must have for any junior aged boys (especially ones that aren't keen on reading)

[Dan Boughen · Rating 4 out of 5]

6 year old says... I do not like it because, here is one thing, no one spat anything at Mr X's face.