Itch

'a Great Debut. You'll Be Itching To Read More.' Anthony Horowitz Meet Itch - An Accidental, Accident-prone Hero. Science Is His Weapon. Elements Are His Gadgets. All-action Adventure Perfect For Fans Of Alex Rider And Young Bond. Itchingham Lofte - Known As Itch - Is Fourteen, And Loves Science, Especially Chemistry. He's Also An Element-hunter: He's Collecting All The Elements In The Periodic Table. Which Has Some Interesting And Rather Destructive Results In His Bedroom. Then, Itch Makes A Discovery. A New Element, Never Seen Before. At First No One Believes Him - But Soon Someone Hears About The Strange New Rock And Wants It For Himself. And Itch And His Family Are Catapulted Into A Breathless Adventure With Terrifyingly High Stakes . . . The Debut Novel From Bbc Radio Presenter Simon Mayo. Meet Itch - an accidental, accident-prone hero. Science is his weapon. Elements are his gadgets. This is Alex Rider with Geek-Power! Itchingham Lofte - known as Itch - is fourteen, and loves science - especially chemistry. He's also an element-hunter: he's decided to collect all the elements in the periodic table. Which has some interesting and rather destructive results in his bedroom ... Then, Itch makes a discovery. A new element, never seen before. At first no one believes him - but soon, someone hears about the strange new rock and wants it for himself. And Itch is in serious danger ... When fourteen-year-old Itchingham "Itch" Lofte discovers a new radioactive element, he must use all of his wits and scientific knowledge to stop a top-secret government agency, his greedy teacher, and an evil corporation from getting hold of it.