Grandpa's Great Escape by David Walliams

Illustrated by the award-winning Tony Ross. I also believe that this could be David Walliams’s way of highlighting the issue of care of the elderly as they grow older in our society and suffer from various conditions, thereby would need support from their families and friends. An exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and his beloved Grandpa this book takes readers on an incredible journey with Spitfires over London and Great Escapes through the city in a high octane adventure full of comedy and heart. Heartwarming comedy drama about a former WWII flying ace with Alzheimers who is admitted to an old peoples home, from which he is determined to escape for. I would recommend this book to anyone over the age of nine due to the sensational way in which the author has tranced the reader into a spell. The way he writes does not allow the reader to put the book down! A World War 2 fly ace with the RAF, Grandpa gets increasingly entrenched in the past, believing the war is still going on, and Jack plays along, to help him. He is taken to a mysterious old folks home and then it all starts to go wrong.ĭavid Walliams has created a wonderful plot and has really hooked the reader into the story in an engaging tale. But, his condition is becoming worse every day and he is arrested by the police and is downright rude towards them.

One day, he disappears from his flat for a whole week and is found in the most unexpected place and at the most unexpected time. An exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and his beloved Grandpa this book takes readers on an incredible journey with Spitfires over London and Great Escapes through the city in a high octane adventure full of comedy and heart.

Grandpa's Great Escape by David Walliams