{"product_id":"the-bubble-wrap-boy","title":"The Bubble Wrap Boy","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\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n'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\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\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\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBut I believe that everyone's good at \u003ci\u003esomething\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nI've just got to work out what my something is...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCharlie'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\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nExcept Charlie isn't the only one in his family hiding a massive secret, and his next discovery will change everything.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003eHow do you stay on the board when your world is turned upside down?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPhil 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\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAfter 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\r\n","brand":"Phil Earle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47655969783986,"sku":"9780141346298","price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/the-bubble-wrap-boy","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}