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Giant

'A book that celebrates friendship and the power of being true to yourself.' Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Shortlisted for the North Somerset Teacher's Book Award 2017; nominated for the Lancashire Fantastic Book Awards 2018; longlisted for the 2018 Shrewsbury Bookfest Big Book Award

It's hard to measure up in a family with high expectations. But it's even harder when those people sometimes use you as an arm rest. And call you 'Peanut'.

Anzo is 11 years old and very, very short. Mum, Dad and his two uncles are extremely tall but they're also high achievers, obsessed with fulfilling their lifelong ambition of opening a restaurant together. Everyone has a role — chef, DIY, marketing, accounts — but where does Anzo fit in? If only he could grow a few inches in height, then no one would be able to overlook him. Josh would stop teasing Anzo in school, he wouldn't have to play all seven dwarfs in the school play, and at home he could tell his parents about his drawing and the comic convention he's been invited to.

Then, overnight, Anzo starts to grow. Is life as a giant going to solve all his problems, or should he stop worrying and learn to just be himself?

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 192
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781848125643
  • Release date
  • 2017