Stop Right Now, Thank You Very Much

HAMISH AND THE WORLDSTOPPERS Book Cover HAMISH AND THE WORLDSTOPPERS
Danny Wallace, illustrated by Jamie Littler
Simon & Schuster, RRP $25.99
March 2015

What would you do if the whole world suddenly froze? Would you panic? Would you pinch yourself to see if you were dreaming? I’ll tell you what you’d do, you’d get your phone out and start filming, let’s be honest. But, BUT, imagine if time did freeze. Just for a few minutes. Think of all the sweets you could loot or the mischief you could get up to with a Sharpie and the top lips of your office mates… just sayin’.

Of course this is the boring old real world and time doesn’t freeze. Or does it? You wouldn’t know, would you? Unless you’re a Pausewalker… just like Hamish.

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