Space Detectives

'Immensely, cheerily silly' Guardian
'A thunderously good read, so funny and action packed. Children are going to love it!' Serena Patel, author of Anisha, Accidental Detective

Lost your peculiar pet? You need the Space Detectives!

What seems like a simple case of a missing pet soon has the Space Detectives completely bamboozled! This is no ordinary pet – it's a synthpet where owners can mix in as many animals as they like to make a totally unique one-of-a-kind pet. The missing pet has the body and legs of a cat, a duck's bill, long rabbit-like ears and the scaly tail of a crocodile.

A creature like that should be easy to spot, right? Not on Starville, the universe's biggest space station where every inhabitant looks different – it's like looking for a star in a galaxy. Where should our heroes Connor and Ethan even begin? Another out-of-this-world adventure awaits!

About the Author

Mark Powers has been making up ridiculous stories since primary school and is slightly shocked to find people now pay him to do it. He grew up in north Wales and now lives in Manchester. His favourite animals are the binturong, the aye-aye and the dodo.

About the Illustrator

Dapo Adeola is an illustrator and designer who creates characters and images that challenge gender norms in a fun and upbeat way. He is the co-creator of the picture book series Look Up. London born and bred but of Nigerian heritage, when he's not busy cooking up new characters and adventures you can find him running illustration and character design workshops in and out of schools, to help highlight the possibilities of a career in illustration to inner-city children. Space Detectives is the first fiction series he has illustrated in the UK.