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The Great Dream Robbery

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The Great Dream Robbery by Greg James, and Chris Smith

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By Greg James, and and, Chris Smith

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33 reviews

Ordinary Kids. Extraordinary Adventures. Laughs for the Whole Family.

Big Dreams, even BIGGER trouble . . .

Radio 1 broadcasters and bestselling authors of KID NORMAL – Greg James and Chris Smith – are back with a mind-bending adventure you won’t want to wake up from . . .

Have you ever had a really strange dream? Maya Clayton definitely has. Last night she dreamt that her dad, the brilliant but slightly odd Professor Dexter, had been trapped in a nightmare by his evil boss Lilith Delamere!

But it’s not just a dream – it’s real and Maya and her new friends the Dream Bandits must rescue the Professor before it’s too late! All they need is a bit of courage and a LOT of imagination.

Readers LOVE The Great Dream Robbery:

‘I wanna be a member of the Dream Bandits!’
‘Escapist and daft and just a whole lot of fun’
‘Thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to crazy end’
‘This madcap adventure could have only been dreamt up by the crazy minds of Greg James and Chris Smith – part science-fiction, part mission impossible, part mystery that needs solving and a whole lot of fun’

Reviews

26 Aug 2025

It was very interesting

20 Feb 2025

My favourite bit was when general Pheare was scared by the Teddy wearing a cow head mask, calling himself the night moo! It was a very funny book that I would recommend to anyone, and I am looking forward to reading the next one by Greg James and Chris Smith.

28 Sep 2024

Good

31 Aug 2024

It wasn't the best book I have ever read.

23 Aug 2024

It’s a fun fiction book and Iove the character maya I would highly recommend reading it!

04 Aug 2024

I really enjoyed reading the great dream robbery as this book is full with surprises . At the beginning, it started with Maya’s father stuck in his own dream (it does not tell the real reason at the beginning) by Lilith Delamere, his boss and the head of the Somnia incorporated.This book is really funny , one of my favourite parts was when Maya had a dream about the llama banana section which funny.Another, was when Lilith became a complete different person with the help of the dream bandits helping chase away Lilith father from the painting!
My favourite character was bin bag the cat ! This book is full of funny dreams and I recommend it to all the adventure lovers.

16 Jul 2024

It was funny and imaginative

03 Dec 2023

I would recommend this book to someone because it's a very interesting the book is about:a girl called maya.Her dad was trapped in a DREAM by his evil boss, and they all thought it was an accident, the doctors are trying to help to get him out. Maya isn't an ordinary girl she wants to sleep on the exact time but mum wants to talk with her every night

11 Nov 2023

exciting, fun, interesting, intriguing

04 Sep 2023

A fantastic book that really shows what perseverance and an uninhibited imagination can achieve. Full of lots of silliness along the way, a great independent or read aloud book. Can’t wait to recommend to children in my class!

28 Aug 2023

There was a dream field and a talking cat and rescuing someone who was in a dream. Someone was checking in on him to see if he was ok but she was making him like that. It was really funny as an audio book as the authors added extra funny parts. My favourite part was the running around shouting that the authors told me to do.

23 Aug 2023

An amazing book that I absolutely loved with stunning illustrations, the authors words pull you into the pages of wonder. The plot is equally as mesmerising weaving you in and out of settings from one where people can’t be happier to one where a general adapts a fear of cows (sorry no spoilers!). It is a book that teaches you that even when happiness seems miles away it is much, much closer than you think!

19 Aug 2023

I loved it was all about imagination and forgetting about the real world.

19 Aug 2023

Amazing! I loved the adventure they had. Maya Clayton is very very adventurous.

06 Aug 2023

Some very funny parts

03 Aug 2023

I had so much fun reading it and the ending and the technology enticed me

27 Jul 2023

This was a great book and it was very interesting and adventurous it was very funny and fast pace.

23 Jul 2023

I enjoyed the part when Lilith confronted her nightmare and became a really nice person.
I think that the book is really funny and it was an enjoyable read, I definitely recommend this book.

09 Jul 2023

I’ll give it a five because, it had amazing plot twists and so fun read, I love the fonts in it to, as I kept reading I was keep getting curious I loved how it had pictures between the pages. My favourite person was Maya ClayTon, she was so talkative and I loved her thoughts and what she kept dreaming of, the plot twists interested me the most, and yes, I would recommend to my friends who loves adventure stories and plot twists.

24 Jun 2023

I loved this book it was awesome!
My favourite character is maya because she is very imaginative and creative. It was crazy and exiting and I would definitely recommend it to other people.

10 Dec 2022

I like that the characters can go inside other peoples dreams. It's quite funny too!

09 Dec 2022

Kylie88

I like how the characters can go into other people's dreams, it is quite funny too!

20 Sep 2022

I like this book because it is a bit funny

08 Sep 2022

I would definitely recommend this book to a friend because it is so fun and exciting

07 Sep 2022

Yes. The book was funny and it made me want to read more. I've also read the kid normal books before this one which is by the same author.

02 Sep 2022

I liked teddy best because he was mischievous and cheeky.
I would defo recommend this because it was so funny and brilliantly written.

01 Sep 2022

It was an enjoyable book

29 Aug 2022

It was so great and was very funny. I loved the bit where the unicorn started to sing . The heists where fun and interactive and I loved how they used a bit from the start in the end.

27 Aug 2022

The way it was written was very exciting was very intriguing because of the mystery of the dream trap dad.

I like the dream bandits the best (as they like to call themselves)

I would recommend it, they use loads of figurative language, adjectives, and as before is an intriguing and exciting story to read.

23 Aug 2022

I enjoyed most of it apart from one bit where it became slow reading, but then the pace picked up and was easier at read. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole book though.

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