Escape the Rooms
Stephen Mangan, Anita Mangan
Subjects
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
- Funny Stuff - rib ticklers to make you fall off your chair
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
- Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
Average rating
""It’s been described as a cross between Alice in Wonderland and The Crystal Maze and it manages to feel both classic and modern at the same time."" Good Housekeeping ""A brilliant, clever, kind of genius book"" Graham Norton, Virgin Radio A high-energy, laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated adventure story by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented artist Anita Mangan. The last thing Jack expected when he bungee-jumped at the fairground was to go plummeting right through the ground into the weird, wonderful Rooms… There he must face a series of puzzles and traps alongside a mysterious girl called Cally, in order for them to find their way home. Throw in a murderous polar bear, hundreds of tiny yet ferocious lions, some mind-blowing riddles, and get ready for a hilarious, helter-skelter adventure like no other! Escape the Rooms follows two children dealing with loss on an amazing adventure. Wildly funny and endlessly surprising, Escape the Rooms is also a story about friendship, overcoming fears and being kind to yourself. Packed with fantastic pictures created by Stephen Mangan’s sister, Anita Check out Stephen and Anita’s other books, The Fart that Changed the World, The Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge and The Great Reindeer Rescue. More praise for Escape the Rooms ""[Escape the Rooms] is richly imagined and deeply heartfelt, and Anita Mangan’s cartoonish and poignant illustrations capture the tone perfectly … It reminded me a little of The Wizard of Oz, with the children on a quest through different lands to get home."" Hadley Freeman, Guardian ""A beautiful and exciting adventure that ignites the imagination"" Edith Bowman
Reviews
I think this book is very good and it is a good and readiball book for all ages.
Anonymous 07.07.2024
Wow ! Brilliant book,great adventure and fun ! Fully illustrated book! Imagination works , wow , want read more and more ! Love it
Mademoiselle Venus Archway 01.02.2024
Star Reviewer
This book is amazing because you never know what is going to happen next. In the beginning, Jack, the main character, is a boy who had lost his mother and is doing a bungee jump when he met a girl called called Cally. She is my favourite character because she is cool. She lost her Grandma but she doesn’t let it upset her. If you are a curious person, this book is for you.
Princess Flossy Tyrannosaurus 06.08.2023
Star Reviewer
It was an exciting read. I liked the lead characters but it also had unlikeable characters for balance. I’d recommend it.
Ambassador Switch Jellybaby 22.07.2023
An amazing book the only bit that made it weird was when Gary spat out a ball of buskers right into Wanda's mouth "Eww" , But this was very funny!
Sergeant Arthur Toothpaste 01.07.2023
I liked Cally because she was very clever and used her common sense to solve the problems.I would recommend this book to someone else.
Anonymous 07.01.2023
I like this book because it’s very funny and strange with the strange talking animals and feet hands and hand feet.
Professor Grip Sequins 05.09.2022
Yes I would recommend this book as it is an exciting book and keeps you reading. My favourite character is Jack because he makes the book exciting and he is clever. The book is exciting as there are 2 sides. 1 side is small hungry lions and the other has very poisonous spiders. If you like detective books full of action, this is the book for you
Sir Quincy Lanzarote 22.08.2022
Excellent, really interesting and a good mystery story. It interested me because it fun pictures. My favourite person was Tilly.
Dame Pixie Archer 20.08.2022
I thought this book was fun and cool as they had ended up somewhere which was unexpected and had to find their way out. I liked how Cally explained the story of how she entered the rooms and how the slow children chased them in every corner trying to eat them. I would recommend this book.
Mademoiselle Amazonia Bottlenose 18.08.2022
I liked it because they never explained how they entered the rooms and left the reader questioning how they got into the room's
Prince Gargoyle Piano-key 17.08.2022
This was an exciting book with lots of tricky riddles and challenges! I recommend it to anyone one who likes puzzle solving
Officer Amazonia Custard 17.08.2022
I really liked the ending because it was very unexpected and there was a huge plot twist! The characters amused me. My favourite character was Ami because she was a strong character mentally. She was a very positive person and believed in humanity.
Don Pirate Hoverboard 14.08.2022
I like that it has a gibberish language and I was able to understand it I liked Gary because he eats the biscuits ridiculously!
Officer Cilla Rubber-duck 10.08.2022
I loved how every room was unique in its own way with lots of little details. My favourite character is Gary because he loves biscuits so much! I would definitely recommend this book.
Professor Agnetha Haystack 09.08.2022
I think this is my favorite book! It is laugh out loud funny and some would say plain weird. With carpet sniffers and hairy, long-eyebrowed dwarfs, I think this is a truly amazing book and I love Stephen Mangan's new style of writing. Also I just love Anita's illustrations. They match the description perfectly and don't spoil the image in your head.
Empress Daisy Spinner 04.08.2022
I loved this book, read it quickly as needed to see if they got out!
Anonymous 03.08.2022
I recommend this book for everyone except for small children as it contains sad things.
King Gator Archer 01.08.2022
An amazing book full of suspense puzzles and adventure
Sir Octopus Peanut-butter 27.07.2022
My favourite characters were Cally and Gary because Cally was funny and moody and Gary was always eating biscuits! I would recommend this book to my friends.
Judge Geronimo Sparrow 24.07.2022
