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The Bubble Wrap Boy

Discover the timeless classroom classic

Phil Earle author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:1st May '14

Should be back in stock very soon

The Bubble Wrap Boy cover

All my life I've been tiny Charlie from the Chinese Chippie, whose only friend is Sinus, the kid who stares at walls.

Charlie's found his secret talent: skateboarding. It's his one-way ticket to popularity. All he's got to do is practice, and nothing's going to stop him - not his clumsiness, not his overprotective mum, nothing. Except Charlie isn't the only one in his family hiding a massive secret, and his next discovery will change everything.

How do you stay on the board when your world is turned upside down?

Charlie's found his secret talent: skateboarding. It's his one-way ticket to popularity. All he's got to do is practice, and nothing's going to stop him - not his clumsiness, not his overprotective mum, nothing.

Except Charlie isn't the only one in his family hiding a massive secret, and his next discovery will change everything.

'Have finished The Bubble Wrap Boy. If happy tears/snot smeared across face were legal currency, Phil Earle would be rich. So warm, and so funny' - Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers and Impossible Creatures

"A story about staying true to yourself and following your passion." - Kirkus Reviews

Have finished BUBBLE-WRAP BOY. If happy tears/snot smeared across face were legal currency, @philearle would be rich. So warm, and so funny * Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers *

ISBN: 9780141346298

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm

Weight: 191g

272 pages