No Fixed Address

Felix Knutsson is nearly thirteen, lives with his mother and pet gerbil Horatio, and is brilliant at memorising facts and trivia. So far, pretty normal. But Felix and his mom Astrid have a secret: they are living in a van. Astrid promises it's only for a while until she finds a new job, and begs Felix not to breathe a word about it. So when Felix starts at a new school, he does his very best to hide the fact that most of his clothes are in storage, he only showers weekly at the community centre, and that he doesn't have enough to eat. When his friends Dylan and Winnie ask to visit, Felix always has an excuse.But Felix has a plan to turn his and Astrid's lives around: he's going to go on his favourite game show Who, What, Where, When and win the cash prize. All he needs is a little luck and a lot of brain power . . .Susin Nielsen deftly combines humour, heartbreak, and hope in this moving story about people who slip through the cracks in society, and about the power of friendship and community to make all the difference.

About the author

Susin Nielsen got her start writing for popular television series, Degrassi Junior High. Since then, she’s written for many Canadian TV shows and her young adult novels have received considerable critical acclaim. Word Nerd and My Messed-Up Life won multiple Young Readers’ Choice Awards. The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen won the UKLA Award, the prestigious Governor General’s Literary Award, the Canadian Library Association’s Children’s Book of the Year and many Young Readers’ Choice Awards, while We Are All Made of Molecules was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Susin lives in Vancouver with her family and two extremely destructive cats.

Report

"Beautifully wrought, compassionate and entertaining...A book worth giving a home to" Nicolette Jones Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week

Product details

• Authors: Susin Nielsen, Nielsen Susin
• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 11 to 14
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781783448326
• ISBN: 978-1-78344-832-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Humorous / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Parents, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Alternative Family, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Poverty & Homelessness