”'Adam Baron has a light touch and brings humour to difficult subjects. ”'The witty humour and dialogue are the perfect foil to the unresolved grief and anxiety that underpin this impressive debut” - Daily Mail Product details Publisher : HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks (1 Jun. While still in the flush of youth he knows what his final words are going to be: ‘clear the table’. He wrote Boy Underwater (his first novel aimed at younger readers) because they told him to. ”'Involving and wryly funny, full of tenderness, eccentricity and intriguing meditations on the function of art, this story of grief, depression and the different facets of identity is well-served by Benji Davies’s thoughtful illustrations” - Guardian Adam lives in Greenwich, South London, with his wife and three young children. With evocative monochrome illustrations, it bears you up as soon as you plunge in” - Sunday Times, Children’s Book of the Week ”'This poignant novel is about love and loss, but, told from the viewpoint of a child too young to grasp all that grown-ups do, it is also funny. All this is wrapped up in a surprisingly light-hearted and readable package, with a humorous young narrator.”'An absolute corker of a tale, whose delicate themes - mental health, missing loved ones - are handled with fluid grace” - Observer It also underlines the potential potency of post-traumatic stress disorder.

The book highlights the immense flaws of grown-ups, for example when they try to conceal important truths from young people. The book gradually reveals the answers, as Cym uncovers some dark secrets hidden in his family’s past, which involve the father he’s always known to have died. Seller: Smartbuy (Einbeck, Germany) Rating Seller Rating: Book. What is wrong with her? Why has she never taken Cym swimming? And how is this all linked? Published by HARPERCOLLINS Mrz 2022 (2022) ISBN 10: 0008499624 ISBN 13: 9780008499624. However, worse than this, his mother appears to experience some form of breakdown as a result. His overconfidence is rewarded with an accident – and an embarrassing one at that. When his school announces that his year will be starting swimming lessons, he boasts to the class bully that he is an epic swimmer.

He’s extremely good at other sports, however, so he’s sure it can’t be difficult. HarperCollins, 7.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-00-849962-4. Cymbeline is an unusually named 9 year old, who has never been swimming.

Boy Underwater by Adam Baron