Tremendous Things
£12.99
Wilbur has spent his teens being bullied and now he’s sure he’s nothing but a loser: his best friend is 85 years old, and his only talent is playing the triangle in the school band. Things start to look up when a mix-up with the French exchange programme results in Wilbur being assigned a girl to look after – an amazing, sophisticated, beautiful French girl called Charlie. Wilbur is sure he’s in love, and his sometime friend Alex has a plan to give Wilbur the makeover that will get Charlie to love him back. But the course of true amour never did run smooth.
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Nominated for the Carnegie MedalWilbur is sure he’s a loser: he spends his life being bullied, his best friend is 85 years old, and his only talent is playing the triangle in the school band. But things start to look up when he gets the chance to be part of the French exchange. Wilbur’s billet Charlie arrives to spend the week with him and his two moms . . . and it turns out that Charlie is a girl. An amazing, sophisticated, French girl who Wilbur instantly falls in love with.Keen to win her heart, Wilbur agrees to a total life makeover before he sees Charlie again on the return trip to Paris. But the course of true amour never did run smooth . . .
| Weight | 0.407 kg |
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| Dimensions | 22.2 × 14.4 × 2.8 cm |
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| Cover | Hardback |
| Pages | 271 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Hardback original |
| Dewey | 813.6 (edition:23) |
| Readership | Children – juvenile / Code: J |
