No. of pages 400
Published: 2011
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book features in the following series: Galaxy Plus, James Bond Adventures, Thorndike Literacy Bridge, Young Bond .
There are 400 pages in this book. This book was published in 2011 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .
Charlie Higson is the author of the bestselling Young Bond series, as well as a well-known writer of screenplays and adult thriller novels. He's also a performer and co-creator of The Fast Show.
Young Bond Charlie Higson
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Graphic Novel adaptations
Orphans
Old Series, New Authors
Adventures in literature
Blue Peter Awards
This book contains the following story:
Silverfin
Young James Bond, while attending boarding school at Eton in the 1930s, must battle against an insane arms dealer who, by using killer eels, is attempting to create a race of indestructible soldiers on the eve of World War II.
This book is in the following series:
Young Bond
Steve Cole's Bond series takes over from the Young Bond of Charlie Higson. Higson's series is set in the 1930s, starting with James Bond at Eton and showing how his early adventures shaped the man he was to become.
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Isinglass Teen Read Award
This book was recognised by the Isinglass Teen Read Award.
British Book Award - Children's Book Of the Year
This book was recognised in the Children's Book of the Year category by the British Book Award.
Edgar Allan Poe Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Edgar Allan Poe Award.
Blue Peter Book Award - Book I Couldn'T Put Down Prize
This book was recognised in the Book i Couldn'T Put down Prize category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.
Rhode Island Book Awards - Teen
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Rhode Island Book Awards.
This book features the following character:
James Bond
This book features Fleming's character, James Bond.
Charlie Higson's Young Bond books get an A* GQ This is writing for children of the highest order Spectator Would have made Ian Fleming proud Daily Telegraph
