Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level When Alex's dad drags him to Boswall and Sons, the local department store, he never expects to find himself thrown into a world of kidnap and spies.Written by Carnegie-nominated author Keith Gray, this fast-paced, exciting book shows that things aren't always as they seem… Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view. A mystery storyA plan of the department store on pages 54 and 55 allows readers to recap the journey the boys make. Curriculum Links: Citizenship: Choices. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.