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The Bubble Wrap Boy

Charlie Han's troubles are way bigger than he is. At school, he's branded an outsider, a loser — the tiny kid from the Chinese Chippy. His only ally is Sinus Sedgely, the only lad in school with a worse reputation than Charlie himself. Life at home isn't much better. His dad is better with a wok than he is with words, and his mum is suffocating the life out of Charlie, wrapping him in enough cotton wool to fill a pharmacy. But when a new passion leads Charlie to the mother of all confrontations, he finds his mum's been hiding a massive secret. A secret that whilst shocking, might actually lead Charlie to feeling ten feet tall. The Bubble Wrap Boy is about the terrors of friendship, family and one undersized boy's ability to think BIG...

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 400
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-14-134629-8
  • EAN
  • 9780141346298
  • Genres
  • contemporary, sports, fiction, teen, family, school, humor
  • Release date
  • 2014