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How To Be Invisible - Softcover

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9781406324235: How To Be Invisible

Synopsis

It was the 13th of September, 13 days after my 13th birthday, when I first learned how to be invisible.

Strato Nyman couldn’t be more of an odd-one-out. He’s the only black kid in Hedgecombe-upon-Dray, he knows more about particle physics than his teacher, and he’s constantly picked on by school bully Lloyd Archibald Turnbull. It’s only at home
that he blends in to the background – his parents are too busy arguing to notice he exists. But one day, Strato picks up a dusty old book in a mysterious bookshop and learns how to become invisible. He soon discovers that people aren’t always what they seem … and realizes standing out isn’t so bad after all.

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About the Author

Tim Lott has written many books for adults including White City Blue (winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award), Rumours of a Hurricane (shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award), The Love Secrets of Don Juan, The Seymour Tapes and The Scent of Dried Roses (winner of the J. R. Ackerley Prize). Fearless (9781406308624) is his first novel for children and was longlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2007. Tim lives in North London, NW10, with his partner and four daughters. Visit Tim's website at www.timlott.co.uk

Review

Gripping * Angels and Urchins * A story of growing up and finding what's important' * Sunday Express * Brilliantly written * St Neot's News and Crier * How to Become Invisible is a story of growing up and finding out what's really important. * International Express * Plenty of food for thought and a good starting point for classroom discussion of bullying, racism, difference an family life via an entertaining story. * The School Librarian * Lott manages to create an uncannily gripping study of isolation. -- Philip Womack * Literary Review * this complex, yet simple, book is powerful and yet, so poignant, it can reduce to tears * Carousel *

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