You Won't Believe This
by Adam Baron (Author)
From the author of bestselling debut Boy Underwater comes another moving, hilarious novel of friendship and family secrets, which shows that people are people, no matter where they're from.
Here's something you won't believe: someone is doing TERRIBLE things to Mrs. Martin, Cymbeline Igloo's favorite teacher of all time.
Cymbeline has to find the culprit (after he's learned what 'culprit' means). He's also got to help his friend Veronique, whose grandma is dangerously ill. It seems Nanai has a secret, connected to her arrival in the UK as a Boat Person from Vietnam, a traumatic journey in which she lost her twin sister. Can Cymbeline figure out the mystery in time?
One thing is for sure: even the most unexpected people can change your life in wonderful ways . . .
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Praise for Boy Underwater:
An absolute corker of a tale, whose delicate themes - mental health, missing loved ones - are handled with fluid grace. - Observer
This poignant novel is about love and loss, but, told from the viewpoint of a child too young to grasp all that grown-ups do, it is also funny. With evocative monochrome illustrations, it bears you up as soon as you plunge in. -Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week
Involving and wryly funny, full of tenderness, eccentricity and intriguing meditations on the function of art, this story of grief, depression and the different facets of identity is well-served by Benji Davies's thoughtful illustrations. - Guardian
The witty humour and dialogue are the perfect foil to the unresolved grief and anxiety that underpin this impressive debut. - Daily Mail
Adam Baron is the author of five successful novels and has, in his time, been an actor, comedian, journalist and press officer at Channel 4 television (as well as things he's too embarrassed to mention). He now runs the widely respected MA in Creative Writing at Kingston University London. Adam lives in Greenwich, South London, with his wife and three young children. He wrote Boy Underwater (his first novel aimed at younger readers) because they told him to. While still in the flush of youth he knows what his final words are going to be: 'clear the table'.
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
JUV039250 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
JUV028000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
