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The First Kid in Space Paperback - 2025

by Tom Mitchell

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When an unfortunate incident in a space shuttle simulator turns twelve year old Franklin Wilson into an accidental viral sensation, he attracts the attention of Xavier Drake, the third richest person in the world, who invites Franklin to take part in a competition to become the actual first kid in space.

But after the competition launches, and the five young contestants begin to compete in a series of trials that will see them eliminated one by one until only the winner remains, Franklin discovers that everything is not what it seems - and it turns out there is much more at stake than just a trip to space...

Hilarious, fast-paced, and action-packed, The First Kid in Space is an out-of-this-world adventure for readers aged 9+, from the highly-acclaimed author of Escape from Camp Boring and How to Rob a Bank.

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  • Title The First Kid in Space
  • Author Tom Mitchell
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins Children's Books
  • Publication date 2025-09-23
  • ISBN 9780008597276 / 0008597278
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.4 x 4.9 x 0.9 in (18.80 x 12.45 x 2.29 cm)
  • Age range 09 to UP years
  • Grade levels 4 - UP
  • Themes
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Category Children's Books/All Ages
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Boys
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Tom Mitchell is mostly a dad, partly a teacher and sometimes a writer. He grew up in the West Country and settled in London after a brief interlude in the East Midlands. He lives in Kent with his wife, Nicky, and sons, Dylan and Jacob. In 2015 Tom's Twitter account was one of twenty-five worldwide invited to have its tweets showcased in the Twitter Fiction Festival. He has had comedy sketches performed for BBC Radio 4, both nonfiction and fiction pieces published on The Classical and Londonist websites, and was a semi-finalist in the UK's Channel 4-organised search for new writing, The Play's the Thing. HOW TO ROB A BANK was his first novel.

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