The bubble wrap boy
By: Phil Earle
Edition: First American edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780553513158; 9780553513165
Subjects: Families; Chinese; Secrets; Bildungsromans; Family life; Fiction; Coming of age; Skateboarding; Chinese fiction; Friendship
Description: Fourteen-year-old social outcast Charlie Han, known as "the short Chinese kid" at school, searches for a talent to improve his popularity, but when he discovers skateboarding, much to the disapproval of his overprotective mother, he also uncovers a huge family secret.
Notes: "Originally published by Penguin Books, London, in 2014"--Copyright page.