{"product_id":"bubble-wrap-boy-p-b-w9","title":"Phil Earle: The Bubble Wrap Boy [2014] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe new book from the award-winning Phil Earle, author of \u003ci\u003eHeroic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeing Billy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Have finished BUBBLE-WRAP BOY. If happy tears\/snot smeared across face were legal currency, @philearle would be rich. So warm, and so funny' - Katherine Rundell, author of \u003ci\u003eRooftoppers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll my life I've been tiny Charlie from the Chinese Chippie, whose only friend is Sinus, the kid who stares at walls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But I believe that everyone's good at \u003ci\u003esomething\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I've just got to work out what my something is...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlie's found his secret talent: skateboarding. It's his one-way  ticket to popularity. All he's got to do is practice, and nothing's  going to stop him - not his clumsiness, not his overprotective mum, \u003ci\u003enothing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Except Charlie isn't the only one in his family hiding a massive secret, and his next discovery will change everything.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How do you stay on the board when your world is turned upside down?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhil Earle was born, raised and schooled in Hull. His first job was as a care worker in a children's home, an experience that influenced the ideas behind \u003ci\u003eBeing Billy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSaving Daisy\u003c\/i\u003e. He then trained as a drama therapist and worked in a therapeutic community in south London, caring for traumatized and abused adolescents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a couple of years in the care sector, Phil chose the more sedate lifestyle of a bookseller, and now works in children's publishing. Phil lives in south-east London with his wife and children, but Hull will always be home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Earle, Phil","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48096934363475,"sku":"XV80141346298","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":42031700705465,"sku":"9780141346298","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/earle-phil-phil-earle-the-bubble-wrap-boy-2014-paperback-55739639398739.jpg?v=1727949002","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/bubble-wrap-boy-p-b-w9","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}