Harley Hitch Takes Flight

Author: Hardy, Vashti

Interest age: from c 8 years

Published on 4 January 2024 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Harley Hitch' series.

Harley Hitch returns for an airborne adventure in this

highly illustrated fiction series about a determined young inventor

from award-winning author Vashti Hardy.

The Aviation Parade is coming to Forgetown this summer, and Harley

has her sights set on creating a flying machine that will really

stand out: a robot hippogriff! And if the creature impresses

Cosmo's mum enough, surely Cosmo will be able to keep it as a pet?

But Harley wants the flying machine to be a surprise for everyone.

She soon finds that keeping secrets leads to tricky explanations

and lots of trouble - especially when REAL hippogriffs arrive

and cause chaos!

Join Harley, her robot dog Sprocket and best friend Cosmo

for problem-solving adventures and mysteries in a world where science

rules and technology grows in the forest!

A rollicking adventure that celebrates STEM learning! Highly

illustrated with lively, humourous illustrations by George Ermos.

Vashti Hardy is an award-winning author of children's books.

Her novel Wildspark won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best

Story 2020, and Brightstorm was shortlisted for the Waterstones

Children's Book Prize 2019.