To start, in an alternate ending to the previous episode, Principal Krupp ends up in prison (“…a lot like being a student at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, except that the prison had better funding”). Not that there aren’t pranks and envelope-pushing quips aplenty. Sure signs that the creative wells are running dry at last, the Captain’s ninth, overstuffed outing both recycles a villain (see Book 4) and offers trendy anti-bullying wish fulfillment. Liam’s musings on what it takes to be a good, responsible father are dryly comical but also charmingly earnest. Even if you’re Completely Doomed, you’ve got to be impressed.” On the heels of the Carnegie Medal–winning Millions (2004) and Framed (2006 ), Cottrell Boyce has created a riveting, affecting, sometimes snortingly funny “what-if” scenario that illuminates the realities of space travel as it thoughtfully examines the nature of adulthood.
The good news is, the view is amazing: “When you’re in it, space looks like the biggest firework display ever-except it’s on pause…. To further complicate matters, he’s an imposter: a tall-for-his-age kid with premature facial hair pretending to be a dad so he could participate in the secret civilian space flight in the first place-a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory–style contest in which the winning children get to go on the ultimate thrill ride, an actual rocket. He’s lost in outer space, incommunicado, in a Chinese spacecraft called Infinite Possibility. The narrative structure is carefully crafted to be thought-provoking and the characters and settings are well drawn, offering young readers a good model for their own persuasive writing, debate and to structure written arguments.Twelve-year-old Liam Digby is Completely Doomed. The book supports teachers to teach about emotional response to strong themes in narrative fiction. This teaching sequence is approximately 3 weeks long if spread out over 15 sessions.
To build an imaginative picture of a fantasy world, based on real life experiences.To explore dilemmas, empathising with characters.To consider how particular situations make individuals behave as they do.To enjoy exciting stories with memorable characters.Overall learning aims of this teaching sequence.
Follow Liam and his friend, Florida Kirby on this humorous, action packed adventure exploring the ups and downs of being a parent and the consequences of a ‘little white lie’. This humorous adventure is seen through the eyes of twelve year old Liam Digby a ‘gifted and talented’ child whose physical appearance ages him beyond his years. Focus Text: Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
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