Lightning Catcher

This exciting, science-filled novel is a great read and bursts with action, warmth, and humor. - BookTrust Great Books Guide 2021

"This is great fun; a lively middle grades starter with a fresh contemporary feel and a bit of the weird." - The Bookseller

Alfie has noticed a few things since his family moved to Fauldingford. He really misses city life. He and his sister aren't exactly settling in here. But the most interesting thing is that the weather is crazy. A single frost-covered branch on a single tree in mid-June? A small whirlwind in a bucket in the garden? Only in Fauldingford.

Armed with his bike, a notebook, and his new friend Sam, Alfie goes to investigate. His best lead is Nathaniel Clem... the only thing in town weirder than the weather. When Alfie investigates Mr. Clem's garden, rather illegally, he finds a strange box that freezes his trainers and makes his teeth prick. When he opens it, deliberately, something comes out. Something fast, fizzing, electrifying, and very much alive. But the creature in the box is causing its own problems, and as barometers and emotions fluctuate in Folding Ford, Alfie finds himself in the eye of a raging storm.