Cooper thinks his twin sister, Molly, is a real bore until the day she tells him the end of the world is at hand unless Cooper can save it. No pressure, of course.

Molly is an alien, as is their dog, Jack, and new friend, Hale, and they’re all here to help Cooper and protect him from the other aliens who are desperately trying to kill him. Oh, and nobody actually knows how he will do it, but they’re sure he’ll figure it out in time. Because if he doesn’t, then the intergalactic bounty hunters will come and destroy him and everything else on the planet, which looks fairly similar to earth but actually isn’t. Concerned yet? Good, because Cooper is freaking out!

This is a hilarious story about the end of the world, and the 10-year-old entrusted to save it, that will have you laughing and panicking all at the same time.

Angela Crocombe is the Children’s Book Buyer at Readings Carlton.