Earle, Phil,

The bubble wrap boy / Phil Earle. - First U.S. edition. - 278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"Originally published in hardcover by Penguin Books, London, in 2014"--Title page verso.

Fourteen-year-old social outcast Charlie Han, known as "the short Chinese kid" at school, searches for a talent to improve his popularity, but when he discovers skateboarding, much to the disapproval of his overprotective mother, he also uncovers a huge family secret.

9780553513158 (hc) 9780553513165 (glb)

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Coming of age--Fiction.
Secrets--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Skateboarding--Fiction.
Chinese--England--Fiction.

PZ7.E1262 / Bu 2015

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