Buckle your seatbelt for the first-ever follow up to Ian Fleming's only children's story. When the Tooting family finds an old engine and fits it to their camper van, they have no idea what kind of adventure lies ahead. The engine used to belong to an extraordinary car . . . and it wants its bodywork back! But as the Tootings hurtle across the world rebuilding the original Chitty, a sinister baddie is on their trail -- one who will stop at nothing to get the magnificent car for himself. Fueled by wry humor, this much-anticipated sequel to the children's classic by Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond -- fe aturing a contemporary family and a camper van with a mind of its own -- is driven by best-selling, award-winning author Frank Cottrell Boyce and revved up by Joe Berger's black-and-white illustrations.
Buckle your seatbelt for the first-ever follow up to Ian Fleming's only children's story. When the Tooting family finds an old engine and fits it to their camper van, they have no idea what kind of adventure lies ahead. The engine used to belong to an extraordinary car . . . and it wants its bodywork back! But as the Tootings hurtle across the world rebuilding the original Chitty, a sinister baddie is on their trail -- one who will stop at nothing to get the magnificent car for himself. Fueled by wry humor, this much-anticipated sequel to the children's classic by Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond -- fe aturing a contemporary family and a camper van with a mind of its own -- is driven by best-selling, award-winning author Frank Cottrell Boyce and revved up by Joe Berger's black-and-white illustrations.
Sir Ian Fleming’s heirs, who have commissioned numerous James Bond
sequels, turned to Boyce to continue Fleming’s 1964 story CHITTY
CHITTY BANG BANG: THE MAGICAL CAR, and Boyce delivers... Berger
adds comical artwork—he even sneaks in a diagram of Bond’s Aston
Martin—creating a Chitty that any kid would be thrilled to own.
This first volume in a planned trilogy is hilarious and endlessly
entertaining.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Although the story is inventive and picturesque, with billionaire
crooks, a visit to Madagascar, and a guest appearance on a French
reality show called Car Stupide, most of the humor in this very
funny novel is a result of the family’s interactions with one
another. Berger’s lively cartoon illustrations depict each phase of
Chitty’s reincarnation in loving detail and bring the resourceful
Tootings to life... A witty sequel.
—School Library Journal (starred review)
Boyce’s modernized sequel to Ian Fleming’s classic faithfully
reflects the elements of the original, and the nods to Fleming’s
book and the subsequent movie make this retread of the ultimate
family road trip even more enjoyable... The Tootings, however, hold
their own when it comes to aptitude for zany adventures, so even
readers with no knowledge of Dick Van Dyke or Truly Scrumptious
will want to tag along for the family’s run-ins with car-obsessed
thieves, giant squids, and rogue spies. Berger’s energetic
line-and-wash illustrations depict a thoroughly modern biracial
family, completing the successful retooling of a beloved classic.
Mr. Potts would be proud.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Unlike other trendy returns to classic British stories, this isn’t
a narrative sequel to Ian Fleming’s 1964 children’s book. Rather,
the esteemed Boyce revisits the general concept of auto-aerial
exploits as their camper van, rehabbed with a mysterious old engine
found in a junkyard tree, flies the Tootings across the globe,
dodging evildoers and reassembling itself with missing pieces, such
as headlights from the Eiffel Tower. The tone is contemporary,
becoming much more Lemony Snickety as the plot progresses. The
novel stands on its own as a satisfying, fresh family adventure,
and readers will look forward to two forthcoming volumes.
—Booklist
Ian Fleming's strong-minded auto takes a new road trip, and if its
passengers are largely just along for the ride, it's still a grand
outing... The old racer's still good for another lap-and maybe
more.
—Kirkus Reviews
Any sequel worth the name would require plenty of crackpot humor
and absurd villains and a dose of magical realism, all of which
happily burst from the pages of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG FLIES
AGAIN, a novel for 9- to 12-year-olds that puts the famous racing
car in a modern setting… A jolly good ride.
—Wall Street Journal
Frank Cottrell Boyce creates a fitting tribute to the Ian Fleming
classic with this companion volume starring the loving Tooting
tribe and a family camper with a will of its own... Boyce makes the
family dynamics the greatest source of humor in a book the whole
family can enjoy. A clever homage...
—Shelf Awareness
This diverting read moves right along, thanks to the deadpan humor
and warm relationships.
—Disney FamilyFun
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