In the 1980s, people did not yet realise that there were other worlds out there. Strange, alien worlds that are separated from us not by distance, but by reality and dimensions. In these other places, where the laws of physics are similar and yet unfamiliar, previously unimaginable forms of life thrive. What if this life needed your help? Would it recognise you as a friend? Could you help it thrive and return home? What if there were others from our world who wanted this life for themselves, who didn’t understand that it is just as intelligent and has just as many feelings as you do?
In They Grow Up So Fast, the children can experience four seasons of raising and caring for such a new life. Over the course of a year, they find a not-yet-hatched creature and protect it from those who would harm it before it can make its way back to its own strange dimension.
This book contains:
– A four-part campaign set over four seasons in the Norfolk Broads area, centred around a strange alien creature that appears one day in the Loop.
Easter Egg Hunt – In spring, the children are taken on a camping trip by their parents. That night, one of them sees something in the sky that sets the Year of Secrets in motion.
The Best That Could Be – At the beginning of summer, the kids witness an alien egg being hatched and the creature inside immediately goes into their care. They soon learn that the creature has its own needs, which may be difficult to fulfil under the watchful eye of their new science teacher.
The last, most beautiful smile of the year – By autumn, the strange creature has grown to an unmanageable size. The children must move it to a place where it can live peacefully while it continues to thrive.
You can’t have too much – In winter, the inevitable happens. The creature is too big to hide, is discovered by the government and captured. If the children want any chance of saving the beast from a lifetime of scrutiny, they must sneak into the place where it is being held captive and set it free.
– Detailed background information about the Norfolk Broads area.
– Tips on how to take the story to the Swedish and American Loop.