All The Things That Could Go Wrong

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The actual plot line of Alex helping Dan with the raft took about one third of the book to get to, however, I really felt like that first third really helped to build the characters up and their relationships with each other, and show the extent of the bullying before diving in to Alex helping with the raft. You guys are such a force for good and I am a passionate supporter of Indie booksellers, so I'm so happy this worked out well (I'd love to know how many books were sold if you have it to hand - it felt like quite a lot! It could also encourage children who are expressing their emotions in a negative way to talk to someone about how they are feeling.

Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around September 4, 2018. Of course, if you're being bullied, you should tell someone, but this book really shows how it's not as easy as it seems, and that simply saying those words and trying to get help sometimes doesn't feel possible, which is another reason it was so hard to read in that sense. I have read other stories about bullying and it's interesting to see how different authors tackle the subject of bullying at school. When their moms arrange for Alex and Dan to spend time together over winter break, it seems like a recipe for certain disaster. Alex is terrified and spends his days trying to avoid them, but knows they’ll get him again tomorrow.While Alex did overcome a lot in the novel, he also didn't have a magic cure just because he helped Dan with a boat, which i found very refreshing as this could have easily swayed that way. So he went back to university far too many years later and he wrote a book, We used to be Kings, and then he wrote another, The Bubble Boy, that was loved by The Guardian and many others. I had to get into the story a little, as it is very different from what I usually read, but it was such a moving story! Dan's the guy who's bullying him, but he's not really sure why he is apart from the fact Sophie says he should. It just feels like there was so many different factors to this bullying and they were all so well rounded up, like everything slotted together so well.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. uk 'A gripping and deeply moving book' Jamila Gavin, author of Coram Boy 'One thing we know about good books is their amazing ability to inspire empathy in the reader; to explore ideas and viewpoints that arise from experiences that are out of our own realm.With a simple twist of fate and the two boys are thrust together to work on a project, it seems inevitably doomed. this will linger long in the mind' Guardian 'Moving, beautifully written and intensely emotional' Lancashire Evening Post 'When they say "not to be missed", this is the kind of book they mean' MinervaReads Praise for THE BUBBLE BOY: `Poignant, hopeful and heartbreaking' Fiona Noble - Children's Editor, The Bookseller 'Deeply moving and utterly gripping . Although it defined a huge part of his character, I could also tell that, as a person, he was so much more than his illness.

He struggles anyway because of his serious OCD condition, and has sworn to the bullies that he won’t tell anyone what they’re doing to him.The last thing he wants (and the last thing Alex wants) is for “that weird kid at school” to come and mess it up for him. The story telling volleys back and forth between the two, each narrating their interactions from their personal points of view.