书名：Grandpa’s Great Escape大卫·少年幽默小说系列：飞行员爷爷的空中逃亡
读者对象：9岁及以上
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数760L
作者：David Walliams
出版社名称：HarperCollins Children’s Books
出版时间：2017
语种：英文
ISBN：9780008183424
商品尺寸：12.9 x 3.4 x 19.8 cm
包装：平装
页数：464
“大卫·少年幽默小说系列”是由英国当代炙手可热的儿童图书作家大卫·威廉姆斯撰写，《了不起的狐狸爸爸》的插图绘制者、英国当代儿童文学界享负盛名的插画家昆廷·布莱克以及英国著名插画家托尼·罗斯创作插图的一系列儿童小说。本系列图书自出版以来，获得了包括英国人民图书奖儿童读物奖、英国《泰晤士报》Amanda Craig年度儿童图书奖在内等无数奖项殊荣。

“大卫·少年幽默小说系列”描写的是少年儿童生活中常见的人物和故事，夸张变形的细节会让你捧腹大笑，温情感人的故事会让你心酸落泪。这种幽默诙谐和新奇故事的巧妙编织，让孩子在体味生命、命运、财富、性别角色的同时，照亮心灵，驱赶心灵阴影，缓解心理压力，无不体现了作者超常的生活和创作智慧，是不可多得的少年儿童治愈系小说，是英国“家庭教育经典读物”。

★“罗尔德·达尔继承人”、英国著名儿童文学作家大卫·威廉姆斯全新力作
★《了不起的狐狸爸爸》绘者、世界著名插画师昆廷·布莱克精美插图
★荣获红房子儿童图书奖青少年读者大奖
★荣获英国国家图书奖童书奖
★荣获英国人民图书奖儿童文学奖
★荣获英国《泰晤士报》年度儿童图书奖
★荣获林肯郡儿童图书奖
★家庭教育优选读物，一套令人动容、令人捧腹的幽默治愈成长小说。
★班上孩子争相讨论的爆笑故事；各国图书馆必须提前一个月预定
★世界热卖的儿童小说，30多种语言出版，销量突破500多万

精彩书评：
“幽默的天才……阅读本套书，对大孩子和小孩子来说都是一件快乐的事情。”
——英国《爱丁堡晚报》

“从头到尾都很有趣。又一个罗尔德·达尔诞生了。”——英国《泰晤士报》

“这真是一套与众不同的书。即使是成人也会被逗得咯咯笑。托尼·罗斯的插图也很震撼！”——英国《热度》杂志

“我真的特别喜欢看这套书，喜欢大卫·威廉姆斯的幽默。这套书涉及了很难的社会问题，这是每个人都会在家庭生活中遇到的，读读这样一套书真好……”
——英国洛克比镇哈顿小学老师丽萨·杨

“我班上的们孩子真的特别喜欢读这套书，它们讲述了很好的故事……真棒，我会推荐给小学中高年级的孩子们看。”——英国达利奇学院老师克莱尔·马修森

“伟大而幽默的喜剧故事……大卫·威廉姆斯是个天才，天生机智风趣，擅长写作。”
——英国《标准晚报》

“在这套书中，大卫·威廉姆斯在高度的喜剧性和情感传递之间做到了很好的平衡。”
——英国《每日邮报》

“这套书反映了许多关于孩子对爱和情感的基本需要。”——英国《每日邮报》

“一套充满智慧和温暖的成功之作。”——英国《年度邮报图书》

The eighth novel from NUMBER ONE bestselling author, David Walliams – now available in paperback!
Jack’s Grandpa…
*wears his slippers to the supermarket
*serves up Spam à la Custard for dinner
*and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name
But 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.

PRAISE FOR DAVID WALLIAMS:
“A pleasure to read. A beguilingly funny, original and thought-provoking tale… hilarious”
 – Amanda Craig, The Times

“I absolutely love David Walliams's books. In a few more years they will become classics”
–Sue Townsend, author of Adrian Mole, Guardian

“The new Roald Dahl” –Evening Standard

"A triumphant mix of wit and warmth" –Telegraph Books of the Year

“Ridiculously over-the-top and utterly delightful “ –Spectator

"Another triumph for David Walliams. His books are a breath of wonderful fresh air" – Sun

“David Walliams’ children’s books are now guaranteed bestsellers… watch this fly off the shelves” –Daily Mail

“Delightfully funny” – Metro
杰克的爷爷一直有一个心愿，他想要像年轻时那样，驾驶心爱的“喷火”战斗机翱翔蓝天，英勇作战。可是，他的“糊涂症”一天比一天严重，眼看着就要被杰克的爸妈送去“黄昏塔”，可是杰克不想和爷爷分开。“黄昏塔”黑暗神秘，这个看似美好无比的老人院，实际上是诈骗集团的总部；看似温柔和蔼的护士们，私底下却是凶狠的恶保安假扮的。杰克必须马上救出爷爷！杰克的逃亡计划能够成功吗？爷爷的“飞行心愿”能够梦想成真吗？

Grandpa is Jack’s favourite person in the world. It doesn’t matter that he wears his slippers to the supermarket, serves Spam a la Custard for dinner, and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name. But then Grandpa starts to believe he’s back in World War II, when he was a Spitfire fighter pilot, and he’s sent to live in an old folk’s home run by the sinister Matron Swine. Now it’s up to Jack to help Grandpa plot a daring escape!
大卫·威廉姆斯（David Williams），英国当代著名的儿童图书作家，在评论界享有“罗尔德·达尔继承人”的美誉。2008年至今，他的儿童文学作品一经推出，便受到全球大小读者的热烈追捧和好评——其作品以“幽默风趣”、“温情耐读”而著称。他是英国著名的喜剧明星和演员，曾通过参与各种活动为慈善团体募得大量捐款。他是英国具有影响力的公众人物，曾获“不列颠骄傲”的荣誉称号。
David Walliams—comedian, actor and author—continues to take the children’s literary world by storm. His tenth novel, BAD DAD, was an immediate number one, following the triumph of THE MIDNIGHT GANG, the biggest-selling children’s book of 2016. WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN 2, which published in early 2017, spent four weeks at industry number one and eight weeks at the top of the children’s chart. They have achieved unprecedented critical acclaim—and RATBURGER, DEMON DENTIST and AWFUL AUNTIE have all won the National Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year.
David’s books have now exceeded 100 non-consecutive weeks in the children’s number-one spot, and have been translated into 50 languages, selling more than 22 million copies worldwide.

托尼·罗斯（Tony Ross），英国著名插画家和作家。他的画作以调皮活泼著称，具有强烈的情感张力。托尼·罗斯的幽默感与创作量丰沛，绘作超过350本，著作达70本，并有多部作品改编成动画。他三度荣获“zui佳绘者银画笔刷奖”。他的作品家喻户晓，有五十多部作品畅销世界各地，获奖无数，包括德国儿童图书奖（German Children’s Book Prize）、英国聪明豆图书奖银奖（silver medal in the Smarties Prize）以及凯特·格林纳威奖提名（Kate Greenaway Medal）。
Born in London, Tony Ross went to art school in Liverpool. His cartoons have appeared in famous publications the world over. His first book, HUGO AND THE WICKED WINTER, was published in 1972. Tony has since written over 100 books and illustrated over 2000! His creations Towser and The Little Princess have been turned into TV series.
David and Tony have worked on six bestselling picture books together, as well as eight of David’s phenomenally successful children’s novels—BILLIONAIRE BOY, GANGSTA GRANNY, RATBURGER, DEMON DENTIST, AWFUL AUNTIE, GRANDPA’S GREAT ESCAPE, THE MIDNIGHT GANG and BAD DAD. David and Tony also collaborated on the 2017 World Book Day title, BLOB, and the two blockbuster short story collections, THE WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN and THE WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN 2.