David Walliams, hailed as the heir to Roald Dahl by The Spectator, burst onto the American scene with the New York Times bestseller Demon Dentist. Now the UK s #1 bestselling children s author is back with this high-flying adventure about a boy and his grandfather, perfect for fans of Jeff Kinney and Rachel Renee Russell.
Grandpa is Jack s favorite person in the world. It doesn t matter that he wears his slippers to the supermarket, serves Spam à la Custard for dinner, and often doesn t remember Jack s name. But then Grandpa starts to believe he s back in World War II, when he was a Spitfire fighter pilot, and he s sent to live in an old folk s home run by the sinister Matron Swine. Now it s up to Jack to help Grandpa plot a daring escape!