An uproariously funny, action-packed new adventure about the power of courage, standing up for what's right, and fizzy drinks, from the award-winning author of Kick. Queenie stares out at the ocean and dreams of a world beyond her small-town. She's about to get her wish...
When the priceless recipe to the world's most popular drink - thought to be lost forever - washes up at her feet, Queenie's life instantly changes. Everyone wants it, and with a $10 million bounty on her head, Queenie's soon on the run. Pursued by bounty hunters, black-ops helicopters and angry mobs, Queenie's journey involves a trip to Area 51, a man-eating alligator and an unlikely new friend, Todd.
But being on the run also makes Queenie begin to see the world around her more clearly - a world in which a big corporation's excess has left the planet covered in its plastic bottles and waste. Suddenly, the home she always dreamed of escaping, and the ocean she grew up with and took for granted, don't seem so bad. If Queenie and Todd can bring down the bad guys, maybe she can go back home and make a difference...
This is a brilliantly funny novel with a great message.
Queenie lives in a world that manages to be very weird and also very familiar. A world where a soft drink company can put its logo on the moon - and, rather more alarmingly, dictate official American policy. Luckily, the citizens in the novel seem to be waking up to it in the end, so I have hope for the real world.
The twists and turns in this were epic. I never knew what was going to happen (apart from one minor guess about a character.) It was really funny, too. So many books are either funny or have a good message, it's great to see one that does both.
This is a fantastic read and I can't wait to start pushing it at children and exhorting them to buy.
Pop! publishes on the 4th of February, 2021.
Pop! publishes on the 4th of February, 2021.
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