Imprint: Andersen
Published: 04/10/2018
ISBN: 9781783447213
Length: 288 Pages
Dimensions: 222mm x 25mm x 144mm
Weight: 386g
RRP: £12.99
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.
Imprint: Andersen
Published: 04/10/2018
ISBN: 9781783447213
Length: 288 Pages
Dimensions: 222mm x 25mm x 144mm
Weight: 386g
RRP: £12.99
"Beautifully wrought, compassionate and entertaining…A book worth giving a home to"
"Susin Nielsen is fantastic at creating believable teenage voices"
"Relatable, moving and funny. Susin Nielsen is simply wonderful"
"Funny, charming and full of heart, this is a really special book. I defy you not to root for Felix Fredrik Knutsson!"
"A timely, funny and compassionate book with an endearing protagonist."
"Susin Nielsen is an amazing writer. No Fixed Address is my book of the year"
"Felix's deeply engrossing and fully immersive first-person narrative of homelessness is both illuminating and heartbreaking"
"Readers will be cheering for Felix as he learns to finally let others help him. A well-written work of realism that will be a mirror to some and a window for others."
"Felix’s story is hard to put down and, while it doesn’t shy away from the grim reality of "accidental" homelessness, this gritty, contemporary issue is tackled with sensitivity and gentle humour."
"Susin Nielsen is the finest voice currently writing YA. Not many writers can put comedy and heartbreak in the same book, never mind the same page, but Susin does it effortlessly."