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

Grown an extra head and don't know why? You need the Space Detectives!

Connor and Ethan are bamboozled when Starville, the space station where they live, is overrun with cosmic chaos! Boys have two heads, dogs have three tails and even aliens who normally have six arms are growing extra ones!
What is going on? Can Connor and Ethan get to the bottom of this intergalactic mystery?

Featuring: a piano-playing pig, zooming hover-scooters and astronomically scrumptious Snorgleberry tarts

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.