Following the death of his parents, 16-year-old Simon moves into his grandparents' claustrophobic bungalow, which quickly becomes a refuge from his bullying peers. United by their voracious appetite for books, Simon and his grandmother stumble across the Great Big Book Exchange - a bookshop with a difference. There they meet impulsive, gothic Kelly and her boss, Terrance - and the friendships forged in the Great Big Book Exchange result in startling and unsettling consequences for all of them.
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"A lovely book, beautifully written and wonderfully observed, about young people and old people, about growing up, and finding out who you are. A real treat to read—I loved every page of it." —Melvin Burgess, author, Smack
"Warm and blackly hilarious." —The Observer on Strange Boy
"Excellent, and works on all levels." —Financial Times on Strange Boy
"Honest and quirky." —David Almond, author, Skellig, on Strange Boy
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Paul Magrs was born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear in 1969. He was educated in Newton Aycliffe at Woodham Burn Infants and Junior Schools, then Woodham Comprehensive, in Newton Aycliffe, before attending Lancaster University. 'Strange Boy' is his twelfth published book, although it's the first time he's written for a younger audience. He's always wanted to write the kinds of book he could never find when he was a teenager. Nowadays he is Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia.
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A wonderful book for all of us who have ever found ourselves feeling at home in a bookstore. The emotions on display in this engrossing and warm novel are precisely calibrated and always on target.
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