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The Boy Who Made the World Disappear

By: Ben Miller
Narrated by: Ben Miller
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‘A sheer delight for all kids both big AND small’ Ruth Jones on The Night I Met Father Christmas

'Bubbles with warmth and mischievous humour . . . irresistible'
Alexander Armstrong on The Night I Met Father Christmas

'Wonderful, funny, magical' Chris Evans on How I Became a Dog Called Midnight

Enter a world of wonder with an instant classic from comedian, actor and bestselling children's author, Ben Miller!
Harrison tries his best to be good. He doesn’t steal, he always shares with his sister and he never cheats at board games, but Harrison also has a BIG flaw . . . He can't control his temper!

So when he’s given a black hole instead of a balloon at a party, Harrison jumps at the chance to get rid of everything that makes him cross. But when it’s not just things he hates that are disappearing into the black hole but things he loves, too, Harrison starts to realize that sometimes you should be careful what you wish for...

An out-of-this-world adventure about twists of fate, time travel and troublesome black holes, Ben Miller's stunning storytelling is brought to life with beautiful illustrations from Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini.
Praise for Ben Miller:
'A magical adventure' Sunday Express on The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale
'Great for reading aloud' The Week Junior on The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale
'A fire-side gem of a story' Abi Elphinstone on The Night I Met Father Christmas
'Fabulous' Sunday Express on The Boy Who Made the World Disappear
'Enchanting, funny and intriguing in equal measure' Philip Ardagh on The Night I Met Father Christmas
'Each of [Ben’s] five books is joyous and thoughtful' Red Magazine
©2019 Ben Miller. All rights reserved (P)2019 Simon & Schuster, UK. All Rights Reserved
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Harrison was kind to other people at school: “I hate you!!!!”

I loved it the only thing they could change was make it longer and don’t tie black holes and time travel together in 5 minutes, I don’t have a brain now as I’ve been thinking about how a black hole can create time travel.

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Amazing

This is a wonderful Ben miller book and I would recommend it for audience around 7-13
I also recommend it to people who love space and the morals are really important

- sophia age 11

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I LOVED this book

I really liked the expressions and the tension in the scenes, I would recommend this book to a young audience 7-12. I listened to this book every night it is a thrilling story about a black hole! And it keeps turning from calm to tension this book is a real life changer!!!- Ben age 10

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Very, Very Good story!

My children aged 8 and 5 and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Ben Miller reading out his story. Very captivating, inspiring and with an ending that you wouldn’t expect. 5 stars to the story and listening experience! Highly recommended it to anyone aged 5 and up to 105!

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I love this book so much thank you

I love this book because it makes me feel better if I've had a bad day and I love to think about space too j

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Black hole

I liked the storyline, especially the part about the boy managing to control his anger.
MW 10 years old

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so brilliant 😁

This was a joy to listen to. Ben Miller does such a good job of bringing his stories to life. Loved it!! 😌

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we loved this a lot

we loved this a lot, we listened to it every night until it was finished. My son loved that the author was reading the book and was very impressed with his story telling skills (much better than mine)

thank you for a wonderful story

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Good fun adventure

Enjoyed it. Was light and fun with mild peril. my granddaughter and I enjoyed listening to it together.

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Ben Miller does it again

We read our 1st Ben Miller book at Christmas ( the Christmas Elf) and after enjoying it so we decided to gibe his other books a go in audio book form. my 8yr old and 6yr old (boy and girl) absolutely loved this book. we are no listening to " The day I felt into a fairytail" and that were so excited to hear the names again.
Highly recommended, all his book tbh.

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