Five. . . four. . . three. . . two. . . one. Lift-off! What can Lizzie do when big-headed Jake challenges her to a race in space? She's GOT to beat him. But Jake has a super-duper, deluxe new spaceship that runs on special fuel. . . Zoom to Pluto and back with this super space story from award-winning author, Malorie Blackman. Colour First Readers are perfect for new readers and include notes by reading specialist Prue Goodwin, honorary fellow of the University of Reading.
Malorie Blackman worked as a database manager and systems programmer before becoming a full-time writer. Her reputation has steadily grown and she has been awarded a number of prizes, including the WHSmith's Mind-Boggling Books Award and the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 award for Hacker, the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked award for Thief! and, more recently, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Pig-Heart Boy. Her novel Noughts and Crosses has won both the Children's Book Award and the Lancashire Children's Book Award 2002.