The Starman and Me by Sharon Cohen

Book of the Week: 30 June 2019

 

Shortly after Kofi thinks he sees a small, curled-up figure lying on the roundabout near Tesco, he gets a message on his computer: ‘I’s needin help. I’s Rorty Thrutch’. Thinking it’s some ‘raving nutter’ he blocks the person and logs off, but the next day, when Sumo and his mates take his bag and empty the contents everywhere and he sees his ruler, set square and protractor weave across the grass and pop back into his bag, he thinks there is more to the episode that he first thought. Once he meets the small, hominim (think Stig of the Dump) who  calls  himself Rorty, he decides to take him home and give him the help he needs. Where does Rorty come from and how is he going to get back there? Not only does Kofi need answers, he needs them fast because other people are looking for Rorty and they are far from friendly.

There is plenty of action and science content in this touching and amusing story which would be ideal for fans of books by Ross Welford and Christopher Edge.