Cosmic

　　「爸、媽，你們都以為我跟班上同學去郊遊了，但其實我現在人在外太空…」

　　連恩今年12歲，但因為他長的特別高大，而且還開始長鬍子，所以常被誤認為大人。被當成大人其實好處不少，例如被校長當成新來的老師招待，或是會有汽車經銷商借他試駕跑車。連恩最喜歡坐各種刺激的極速遊樂設施，那些令一般人嚇得尖叫的雲霄飛車等，他卻一點都不害怕，反而樂在其中。

　　在一場比賽中，連恩幸運的獲得了拜訪「極限冒險園」的機會，試乘最新的遊樂設施。由於規定是父親帶孩子一同參加，他便說服同學佛羅里達跟他扮成父女，前往這座全新落成的遊樂園。沒想到飛機一降落，他們發現自己竟然站在戈壁沙漠裡，而所謂的遊樂設施，竟然是一座太空梭…(文/史黛拉)

　　Liam has always felt a bit like he's stuck between two worlds. This is primarily because he's a twelve-year-old kid who looks like he's about thirty. Sometimes it's not so bad, like when his new principal mistakes him for a teacher on the first day of school or when he convinces a car dealer to let him take a Porsche out on a test drive. But mostly it's just frustrating, being a kid trapped in an adult world. And so he decides to flip things around.

　　Liam cons his way onto the first spaceship to take civilians into space, a special flight for a group of kids and an adult chaperone, and he is going as the adult chaperone. It's not long before Liam, along with his friends, is stuck between two worlds again—only this time he's 239,000 miles from home.

　　Frank Cottrell Boyce, author of Millions and Framed, brings us a funny and touching story of the many ways in which grown-upness is truly wasted on grown-ups.

作者簡介

Frank Cottrell Boyce

　　Frank Cottrell Boyce, father of seven, is an award-winning children's author and screenwriter whose film credits include WELCOME TO SARAJEVO, HILARY AND JACKIE and 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE. He lives in Merseyside with his family.