Grandpa’s Great Escape

Grandpa’s Great Escape
David Walliams

The hotly-anticipated next novel from NUMBER ONE bestselling author, David WalliamsJack’s Grandpa…*wears his slippers to the supermarket*serves up Spam à la Custard for dinner*and often doesn’t remember Jack’s nameBut he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day…An exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and his beloved Grandpa – this book takes readers on an incredible journey with Spitfires over London and Great Escapes through the city in a high octane adventure full of comedy and heart.Illustrated by the award-winning Tony Ross.

Copyright

GRANDPA’S GREAT ESCAPE. Text © David Walliams 2015. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

First published in hardback in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2015

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Illustrations © Tony Ross 2015

Cover lettering of author’s name © Quentin Blake 2015

HB ISBN 978-0-00-749401-9

TPB ISBN 978-0-00-813519-5

Ebook Edition © September 2015 ISBN 9780008140359

Version: 2017-06-22

David Walliams and Tony Ross assert the moral right to be identified as the author and illustrator of this work.

Contents

1  Cover (#u32e4a592-f89e-5375-a819-c6584a9cfeae)

2  Title Page (#ua0c42755-60e2-501d-befe-8e6bb18f7fb5)

3  Copyright (#ulink_35cce271-80fc-591a-93a7-d7a8c0c86d73)

4  Dedication (#ulink_2f53445b-0362-5888-ad46-1a9b03786e06)

5  Prologue (#ulink_c55cf51c-269b-5a6b-aeb9-1aaade4b9b91)

6  Part I: Reach for the Sky

7  1 Spam à la Custard (#ulink_78ba24e0-3929-5ab9-8487-6767b4e68620)

8  2 Slippers (#ulink_8012ac14-efe0-5d7b-8c94-5c5da37435d2)

9  3 A Waft of Cheese (#ulink_5222c2bd-bc35-5827-b017-1bf877c648ed)

10  4 Second-hand Trike (#ulink_b7bec634-a55b-57e6-b109-feb0242dccd5)

11  5 Loon in the Moon (#ulink_65637e7b-4c75-51e6-8878-1795c94d4b38)

12  6 A Runaway Bulldozer (#ulink_c0e78a95-fb6f-50aa-94f2-dac072882b5d)

13  7 Disneyland for Old People (#ulink_637f74d8-1fc6-5d8f-bac3-0f0e27ff477b)

14  8 Spit it Out! (#ulink_5ca237d9-05d8-550b-8887-4f2414f72516)

15  9 Coloured Chalks (#ulink_da65f9e0-71ce-5dcd-8a10-5a5e8c453a60)

16  10 Facts Facts Facts (#ulink_0115c0f1-7203-5515-ad70-4282b06f1e8e)

17  11 A Legend (#ulink_69896fed-3c87-5cb6-a416-36d6c1c6a60c)

18  12 Bunking Off (#ulink_9705160e-0606-57e8-8c8f-7d2ddc1e1baa)

19  13 The Willies (#litres_trial_promo)

20  14 Cartwheels of Joy (#litres_trial_promo)

21  15 Snoring Like an Elephant (#litres_trial_promo)

22  16 Empty Bunk (#litres_trial_promo)

23  17 Nothing (#litres_trial_promo)

24  18 Jiggery-Pokery (#litres_trial_promo)

25  19 Bird of Prey (#litres_trial_promo)

26  20 Breaking the Rules (#litres_trial_promo)

27  21 Jungle Roar (#litres_trial_promo)

28  22 Forty Winks (#litres_trial_promo)

29  23 Nuts and Berries (#litres_trial_promo)

30  24 A Wardrobe in a Suit (#litres_trial_promo)