Jeffers, Oliver

Interest age: from c 3 years

Published on 11 September 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 48 pages
259 x 265 x 7 | 308g

Celebrate twenty years of The Boy in this highly anticipated new adventure from the internationally bestselling picture book creator of Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers!

Jeffers has not lost his lovely knack for weaving fantastical elements into depictions of everyday life an adventure that will not disappoint Observer

‘A simply glorious evocation of friendship, loyalty and home with unforgettable characters for a new generation to fall in love with’ Daily Mail

Once there was a boy who would often play hide-and-seek with his friends the star and the penguin. The star was always easy to find, but one day it went missing. So, the boy radioed the Martian for help and soon found himself on an exciting spaceship rescue mission to the North Pole! But there, he discovered that he wasn’t the only one who had always dreamed of having a star as a friend

The out-of-this-world, long-awaited sequel to the much-loved Boy stories, loved all around the world now introducing a brand-new character!