Olly Brown, God of Hamsters

Olly Brown never gets to take home the Year 6 class hamster because his overprotective dad has some weird hang-up about how much responsibility pets are and how sad it is if/when hamsters die. But then the most amazing thing happens: a hamster shows up in Olly’s house anyway — and it can communicate with him! This new hamster, Tibbles, is in awe of Olly, and it turns out, Tibbles is not alone: there’s a whole civilisation of super-advanced, intelligent hamsters who seem to be worshipping Olly ... as a god? THIS IS SO AWESOME! But how is this possible??? Spoiler alert: Could it be that when his geeky dad was eleven years old, the test capsule he shot into space had some unintended hamster passengers—with mindboggling unintended consequences?

Ideal for readers interested in childrens fiction.