Sunday, September 12, 2021

No fixed address

No fixed address 
by Susin Nielsen-Fernlund 
Language: English 
London : Andersen Press, 2020. ©2018. 
276 pages ; 20 cm. 
ISBN: 9781783448326 ; 1783448326 
Summary: Felix Knutsson is nearly thirteen, lives with his mother and pet gerbil Horatio, and is brilliant at memorizing facts and trivia. But Felix and his mom Astrid have a secret: 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 center, 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 brainpower.