No Fixed Address: A Novel

No Fixed Address: A Novel

Taschenbuch
5.01

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Beschreibung

Felix Knutsson is nearly thirteen, lives with his mother and pet gerbil Horatio, and is brilliant at memorising facts and trivia. But Felix and his mom Astrid have a they are living in a van. Astrid promises it’s only for a while until she finds a new job, and begs Felix not to breathe a word about it. So when Felix starts at a new school, he does his very best to hide the fact that most of his clothes are in storage, he only showers weekly at the community centre, and that he doesn’t have enough to eat. When his friends Dylan and Winnie ask to visit, Felix always has an excuse.But Felix has a plan to turn his and Astrid’s lives around. All he needs is a little luck and a lot of brain power . . .
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I received a free ebook on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I wasn't expecting anything going into this book. Some fun, some emotions, nothing major. This book completely blew me away. I binged it in two days and I loved every second of it. Maybe it was cause it reminded me of Slumdog Millionaire and that movie always makes me cry. Mostly it was this amazing story though. This novel tells the story of Felix and his mother Astrid who have to live in a van for months after she loses her job, their flat and all possibility to return to a regular life. The story unfolds over a couple months, shows the different stages of their life in the van and how their situation influences every other part of their life as well. When everything seems hopeless, Felix gets the chance to participate in a popular quiz show and win the money that could lead them back to a normal life. This book is so beautiful. It has fun moments, truly devastating moments and overall never gets boring. The characters are well fleshed out and diverse and were an absolute delight to experience. I would recommend this book to everyone who enjoys these kinds of middle grade contemporary novels with deeper messages. It's a truly important story that actually brought me to happy tears in the end.

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