Description
Product ID: | 9781783443666 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen |
Authors: | Author: Susin Nielsen |
Page Count: | 272 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Divorce, separation, family break-up, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief, School stories (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: bullying, violence & abuse (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: divorce, separation, family break-up (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: death & bereavement (Children's / Teenage) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Thirteen-year-old wrestling fanatic Henry used to have a normal life. He lives off a diet of pizza, whilst hiding from the comically overbearing neighbours and avoiding being an obvious target for bullies at his new school. Thirteen-year-old wrestling fanatic Henry used to have a normal life. Now, his therapist wants him to keep a journal so he can express his feelings about what happened. Henry has moved with his dad to a new city, where nobody knows their name. He lives off a diet of pizza, whilst hiding from the comically overbearing neighbours and avoiding being an obvious target for bullies at his new school. But then he meets Farley and Alberta, social misfits who refuse to let him be alone. And bit by bit, the past begins to come out.Heartbreaking, surprising and laugh-out-loud funny, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K Larsen is about the things that remain after your life has fallen to pieces. |
Imprint Name: | Andersen Press Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Andersen Press Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-02-04 |