The Lost Boy (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 2007 TV story The Lost Boy. With its release, coinciding with the release of Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? on the same day, all episodes of the first series of The Sarah Jane Adventures were adapted. It is the first time a complete season of a Doctor Who-related series had been fully adapted in novelisation form within a year of it finishing.

Publisher's summary
''Life on Earth can be an adventure, too. You just need to know where to look.''

Sarah Jane is shocked to see an appeal on television by distraught parents of a missing boy — Luke, her adopted son! She is accused of kidnapping him and has to hand Luke over to his "real" parents. But something doesn't seem right. With the help of her friends, Maria, Clyde and Alan, Sarah Jane uncovers a sinister alien plot and a shocking truth about a loyal "friend"...

Characters

 * Sarah Jane Smith
 * Luke Smith
 * Maria Jackson
 * Clyde Langer
 * Mr Smith
 * Alan Jackson
 * Chrissie Jackson
 * Slitheen family
 * Mrs Galagher
 * Mr Robinson
 * Mrs Robinson
 * Mrs Townsend
 * George Bailey
 * Nathan Goss
 * Marco Goss
 * June Goss
 * K9
 * Mr Cairn
 * Robert Lines

Deviations from the televised story

 * The novelisation features a specially written prologue. Written from Mrs Townsend's point of view, it describes how the Goss family got killed by the Slitheen and how their skin suits were used to create the fictional Heidi and Jay Stafford.

Continuity
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