Felicity Frobisher's Fab Website






"One of the books most likely to fire children's imaginations."

The Sunday Times (30 June 2008)







Faber & Faber, 2008

Illustrations by Ned Jolliffe



The trouble with the Three-Headed Aldebaran Dust Devils is that they dust things
up and, if you happen to have one as a friend, it’s always you that gets the blame
on account of them being totally invisible!

Felicity Frobisher learns this to her cost one morning when a patch of her bedroom
wallpaper starts wavering like a mirage on a hot summer’s day – and out pops Flummff.

Flummff is from a very dusty planet around the red giant star Aldebaran. He gets Felicity
Frobisher – the most well-behaved, polite little girl at Inchley Manor School - into all
sorts of trouble. But she has fun too as she travels down wormholes, beats the school
bullies, uses a "Pan-Galactic Speaking Dictionary" to wow her French teacher, and even
visits the International Space Station.

Anything it seems is possible if you are friends with a Three-Headed Aldebaran Dust Devil!

(And, boys, if you think this book is for girls, Felicity Frobisher's co-star, Flummff, is a
boy, who is very, very bad. So, if you want to know how to really annoy girls
and get them into lots of trouble, read this book!)

Click here to read first chapter



"One of the best books I have ever read. This could go far!!!!"

Richard, aged 9, Evesham



"Reminiscent of the playful stories of Douglas Adams, this high adventure is full of furious fun and fast facts."
Edinburgh Book Festival (24 August 2008 at 10am)


"What a wonderful story! I giggled all through it, re-read it, then seized the chance
to read it out loud to my 7-year-old grandchild,
who devoured it in two sittings."
Alison Jolly, author of Bitika the Mouse Lemur and Ako the Aye-Aye


"Great for any 7-10-year-old with a sense of humour..." [Read more]
Story Time Books, New Zealand


"Great fun!"
Betty Bookmark


The real Felicity Frobisher (aka Alex) turns up at a booksigning at the Science Museum! (14 April 2008)



Marcus in Bath with the first Felicity Frobishers! (25 February 2008)



Marcus in Stratford, London, with a pirate and Betty G. Birney,
author of The World according to Humphrey (6 March 2008)




Marcus interviewed about Felicity Frobisher - and other things -
on the Keeper of the Snails blog of novelist Clare Dudman






FELICITY FROBISHER'S FUN SPACE QUIZ


Just click on picture



Sorry there isn't much on this website yet! Marcus is in the process of building it. He last updated it on 30 June 2008.

PS. Marcus Chown also writes books for grownups and has a grownups website www.marcuschown.com