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Lara Williamson

A BOY CALLED HOPE

Genre

Children's

UK Publication

Usborne Publishing, March 2014

US Publication

Usborne Publishing, January 2014

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Blurb

Shortlisted for the Waterstones children’s book prize 2015

I’m Dan Hope, and deep inside my head I keep a list of things I want to come true.  For example, I want my sister, Ninja Grace, to go to university at the North Pole and only come back once a year.

I want to help Sherlock Holmes solve his most daring mystery yet. And if it could be a zombie mystery, all the more exciting.  I want to be the first eleven-year old to land on the moon.  I want my dog to stop eating the plants and throwing them up on the carpet.

And finally, the biggest dream of all, I want my dad to love me.

Dan Hope is no ordinary eleven-year-old. After his dad ran off with the lady from the chip shop, everything got a bit topsy-turvy.  Now he’s on a quest to make things right, starting with getting his dad to love him again.

Press and Reviews

“Warm, heartbreaking and hilarious in turn... a fabulous book about love, families and making sense of life.”

– The Sunday Express

“This book totally blew me away. I love it. It's the best new voice I have read in ages.”

– Cathy Cassidy, author

“Williamson’s writing is witty and natural, the characters completely engaging, and the story laugh out loud funny in places, heartbreaking in others, but ultimately full of…”

– Isabel Popple , Children’s Book Expert

“This book totally blew me away. I love it. It’s the best new voice I have read in ages”

– Cathy Cassidy

“A Boy Called Hope is a 2014 debut that you do not want to miss, whatever age you are. The writing is beautiful, honest, and enjoyable”

– Books and Writers JNR

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