As if I didn’t have a hard enough time staying out of trouble at home, now I’ve also got to try and make new friends. Spies are fascinating – their gadgets, their disguises, their bravery in the face of villainy… Someone you know could be a spy and you would probably never find out! Omar has to solve the mystery of his missing teacher in the third installment of this highly-illustrated middle-grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination. The illustrations by Nasaya Mafaridik create the perfect mood and this new series will very much suit fans of Tom Gates.

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As they collect their evidence, everything seems to point to one unlikely conclusion: Mrs Hutchinson has been abducted by aliens! Omar and his friends are distinct individuals with their own opinions and cultural influences but, rather than being a problem, their differences give the friendship real depth and make them a great team. So imagine the trauma of finding a fierce, crinkly-faced supply teacher, with spiky heels and a personality to match, has replaced Mrs H at the front of the classroom. The first book in the exciting middle-grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination—now in paperback! This fifth book in the charming, warmhearted, and hilarious series about a boy growing up in a close-knit Muslim family, packed with eye-popping artwork by Kyan Cheng, is explosively fun!Planet Omarhas all of the everyday life family drama and silly humour of Tom Gates and Sam Wu, and it's wonderful to read a funny book for kids featuring a Muslim family. When the money goes missing, it's up to Omar and his friends to become super spies to track down the culprit! Be ready for an alien cat with a malfunctioning fur disguise, irrefutable signs of an alien landing and a spectacular Pakistani wedding that shows no evidence of alien involvement but is great fun all the same.

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And when Omar and bully Daniel get stranded on a school trip in London, Omar realises that Danny isn't so tough after all. Wildly imaginative Omar’s free-association narrative, laced with expressive hand lettering and Mafaridik’s playfully exaggerated line art, remains chipper and uplifting. But when their rocket is sabotaged, Omar and his friends have to use their expertise in science and mysteries to find the culprit. Omar has just moved into a new house with his family: sticky-fingered little brother Esa, snooty older sister Maryam and his scientist parents. Omar and his friends are blasting off on another adventure—this time at a rocket-building competition.

Going to a new school turns out to be okay, apart from the fact that class bully Daniel tells Omar that because he's a Muslim, he's going to be kicked out of the country and will have to go and live in Pakistan. Understandably worried, Omar asks his cousin if that's true, and both hope it isn't, because there's a distinct lack of good pizza there.

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When his best friend Daniel messes up at school, Omar decides to take the blame to save Daniel from getting in trouble—which makes Omar feel like a total hero! Black and white illustrations and fabulous use of font and formatting maintain the high energy levels as the boys’ alien-fuelled plot bounces along.

The action-packed fifth installment in the infectiously sweet illustrated middle grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination. As if he didn't have a hard enough time staying out of trouble at home, now he's also got to try and make new friends. My parents decided it would be a good idea to move house AND move me to a new school at the same time. This provides quality-assured information, stories and advice to support children's mental health and wellbeing.