Allen & Unwin The Jamie Drake Equation book English Paperback 190 pages

Combining action and adventure with cutting-edge space exploration, this is truly awesome storytelling for middle grade readers.

Jamie's dad is an astronaut. This is a good thing - because how cool is that? And a bad thing - because he's going to be orbiting the Earth for several months and Jamie already misses him badly. Doing his homework at the observation lab one night, Jamie inadvertently picks up a weird signal on his mobile phone. Could it be from an alien civilisation with a message for humankind, a message that Jamie has to get to his father before it's too late? But how do you rescue an astronaut without heading into space yourself?

Christopher Edge grew up in Manchester where he spent most of his childhood in the local library dreaming up stories, but now lives in Gloucestershire where he spends most of his time in the local library dreaming up stories. Before becoming a writer, he worked as an English teacher, editor and publisher - any job that let him keep a book close to hand. When not writing, he also works as a freelance publisher and education consultant and has written publications.