Joe Speedboat

When Frankie Hermans emerges from a coma after 200 days, he knows his life is never going to be the same again. For a start, he can't talk, he can't walk and it's a struggle even to wield a pen. And then there's Joe Speedboat?-?a boy who arrived in the sleepy village of Lomark like a blazing comet and who's been stirring things up ever since. Whether setting off bombs, racing mopeds or building a bi-plane, Joe has the touch of a magician and the spirit of a daredevil. He also sees a use for Frankie's good right arm beyond writing: as a champion arm-wrestler Frankie will be strong enough to impress his friends, and maybe even win the favour of the gorgeous, golden-haired girl who has them all in a spin. Full of vitality, verve and chutzpah, Joe Speedboat tells the fast-paced story of an unlikely friendship between two boys, and of their lightning dash towards adulthood.

Summary

After a farming accident plunges him into a coma for months, Frankie Hermans wakes up to discover that he's paralysed and mute. Confined to a wheelchair, Frankie struggles to adjust to a life in which he must rely on others to complete even the simplest tasks for him.

Product details

• Authors: Tommy Wieringa
• Assisted by: Sam Garrett (Translation)
• Publisher: Scribe Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9781925228175
• ISBN: 978-1-925228-17-5
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Literary, Fiction in translation, Fiction: general & literary, EIBF; Edinburgh International Book Festival;