num_pages: 196
description: Danny lives with his dad in an old gipsy caravan behind a filling-station. Danny's dad is the best - a wonderful mechanic, a brilliant storyteller and a genius at kites. But, as we all learn as we get older, grown-ups can be complicated creatures, and so it is that one day, when he is nine years old, Danny discovers that his dad has a deep, dark secret. It is a secret that is just about to lead them on a dangerous and thrilling adventure...
language: English
title: Danny: The Champion of the World
titlecomplete: Danny: The Champion of the World
characters: Mr. Hazell, Danny, Dad
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Humor, Classics, Novels, Childrens, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 66097
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Zilveren Griffel, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Kinderbuch, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate
publisher: Alfred a Knopf