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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.

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Main Author: Earle, Phil (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Delacorte Press, 2015.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Coming-of-age fiction.
Secrets > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Skateboarding > Fiction.
Chinese fiction > England.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:"Originally published by Penguin Books, London, in 2014"--Copyright page.
Physical Description:278 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780553513158 (hc)
055351315X (hc)
9780553513165 (glb)
0553513168 (glb)
Author Notes:Phil Earle was born in Hull, United Kingdom in 1974. He studied English and drama at the University of Hull. His first job was as a social worker in a children's home. He then trained as a drama therapist and worked in a therapeutic community in London, caring for traumatized and abused adolescents. After a couple of years in the care sector, he decided to become a bookseller at Ottakar's. After three years, he became a sales rep, and then a key account manager for Transworld/Random House, and is now sales director at Simon and Schuster Children's Books.

He is also the author of several books for children and young adults including Being Billy, Saving Daisy, Demolition Dad, and The Bubble Wrap Boy.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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