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Summary

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.BOY UNDERWATER WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARD, AND SELECTED AS WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTH. 
Here’s something you won’t believe: someone is doing TERRIBLE things to Mrs Martin, Cymbeline Igloo’s favourite 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 . . . 
The book is a perfect blend of detective stories and social fiction, dealing with themes of immigration and emigration. It's a multigenerational tale that explores the complexities of emotions and feelings in a way that's accessible for children. 
For fans of Stewart Foster (Can You Feel the Noise?), Katherine Rundell (Rooftoppers), M.G. Leonard (Twitch), Maz Evans (The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife), and J M Forster (Bad Hair Days).

Duration: about 7 hours (06:50:36)
Publishing date: 2019-06-27; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

• Young Readers