Bubble Wrap Boy for Year 8 Book Club

During enrichment week Year 7 had the privilege of meeting author Phil Earle.  Now in Year 8, many of these students are enjoying a Book Club run by Mrs Rogerson and Mrs Ingham to discuss one of Phil's books, The Bubble Wrap Boy. 

The book is described as a "funny and inspiring novel about friendship, family, and one undersized boy’s ability to think BIG." The blurb is as follows: Charlie Han’s troubles are much bigger than he is. At school he’s branded an outsider, a loser—the tiny kid from the Chinese takeout. His only ally is Sinus Sedgely, a kid with a lower-level reputation than Charlie himself. Life at home isn’t much better. His dad is more skilled with a wok than he is with words, and his mom is suffocating the life out of Charlie, worried about his every move. But when a new passion leads Charlie to the mother of all confrontations, he finds his real mom has been hiding a massive secret. A secret that, while shocking, might actually lead Charlie to feeling ten feet tall.

Quotes from critics include:

“Charlie is a character to root for. He is witty and perceptive and has a secret weapon in his best friend, Sinus Sedgely.” —Booklist
 
“Charlie’s amusing sarcasm masks a vulnerability that will resonate with anyone who has felt like an outsider. The humiliation of being the butt of a joke is sensitively rendered, as is Charlie’s slow reclamation of his pride in this witty, true-to-life story.” —Publishers Weekly

Year 8 students are enjoying the opportunity to informally reflect and chat about their reading.  We wonder what they will read next...