Blitzers by Alastair Chisholm

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‘Everyone is desperate to have a Blitzer, the new fighting-game craze. But Danny’s Blitzer is broken – it won’t fight!’

Blitzers
By Alistair Chisholm
Published by Barrington Stoke

Blitzers by Alistair Chisholm is published by Barrington Stoke, priced £7.99.

‘Everyone is desperate to have a Blitzer, the new fighting-game craze. But Danny’s Blitzer is broken …

‘From an early age, my hands knew the weight of stone.’

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