Short listed in PageTurner Awards with following comment : Jimmy Crikey isn’t just a character; he’s an entire childhood escape hatch. He’s bullied in his own world, runs away, and somehow stumbles into one fantastical realm after another where he proves that being different isn’t a curse, it’s literally his superpower. If more kids read Jimmy instead of scrolling TikTok, we’d probably have less bullying and more bravery.
Wallace is the man who spun this whole saga out of a rainy day in a cramped beach tent. Most dads would pass time with “I Spy” or “Snap”. Wallace built an epic fantasy saga spanning trolls, sorcerers, witches, aliens, and underground civilisations, all because it rained during a holiday in Great Yarmouth.
Five lessons shine through for the reader. That resilience is born when you face challenges head-on. That true friendship can carry you through even the darkest moments. That love, even when tested, can inspire hope. That every underdog holds the potential for greatness. And that believing in yourself is often the key to unlocking miracles.
Synopsis: Jimmy Crikey is the alien orphaned on Earth after his Intergalactic ambassador parents died. He was left in the care of a kindly ‘Aunt’ Ethel. Endowed with a bright red mop of hair, big blue eyes, pointed ears and enormous feet. The neighbourhood children ridiculed and bullied Jimmy until he decided to run away. In his midnight flight through the forest, he stumbled into the subterranean world of Roombelow. He rescued the town from the curse of the sleeping spell cast by Matilda the Witch and was ‘adopted’ by Mr McDonald, the Mayor. Matilda and Gemma, the little lady Jimmy found living at the bottom of the well, but didn’t know how she got there. become Jimmy’s close friends.
Aunt Ethel explained that Jimmy can return to his birth home in a starship hidden in the forest. Jimmy chooses Roombelow and more adventures befall the young man who has grown into a hero on both sides of the sky.
The Amazing Adventures of Jimmy Crikey
