Multi-award-winning author Brian Conaghan's first book for 10+ readers is a future classic brimming with humour and heartEven though I found him living in a house made of cardboard, Bruce is a massive legend. FACT. So this mine and Bruces story. You dont have to believe it happened, but it did. All of it. Nobody at school can see past Lennys size to the person within. So when lessons get too tough, Lenny always goes to his bench to think. At least there no one can see him. Then one day, midway through lobbing his empty can of Irn-Bru into the canal hes stopped by Bruce. Bruce lives in a cardboard home hidden away by the banks, and he doesnt approve of kids messing up his front lawn But a bumpy start soon gives way to an unexpected friendship and an epic road trip that will change both of them for life ...
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Weight: 252g
Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 15 Apr 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Age Group: Ages 9-11
ISBN13: 9781526628602
About Brian Conaghan
Brian Conaghan was born and raised in the Scottish town of Coatbridge but now lives in Dublin. He has a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. For many years Brian worked as a teacher and taught in Scotland Italy and Ireland. His first YA novel for Bloomsbury When Mr Dog Bites was shortlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal and his second The Bombs That Brought Us Together won the 2016 Costa Childrens Book Award. We Come Apart a verse novel co-authored with Carnegie Medal winner Sarah Crossan won the 2018 UKLA Book Award and his fourth novel The Weight of a Thousand Feathers won the 2018 Irish Book Award for Teen & Young Adult Book of the Year. @BrianConaghan