Game of Pets Book 1: The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Author-illustrator Aaron Blabey
Interest age: 7 to 11
Reading age: 7+
Published by Macmillan Children's Books, 2026
About this book
This book poses a question: are our pets mere avatars in an utterly immoral intergalactic TV game show in its 260 millionth season played by giant gamers who are millions of years old and so huge that the Earth is the size of an orange to them? It sounds unlikely until you read the book then it seems all too possible, even probable. What else to explain the stupid decisions adults constantly make destroying our planet? Do the players control our pets and our pets control us? The book centres on Griff, an 11-year-old boy who gets the truth from his new pet axolotl Bob – can he really be the only one to save us all?
This highly illustrated, easy to read, incredibly funny book will have readers hooked. It’s a masterclass in making children and anyone want to read, be desperate to read. And the last line of the book will have everyone desperate for book 2.
About the author
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