No Fixed Address

No Fixed Address

by SusinNielsen (Author)

Synopsis

Felix Knutsson is nearly thirteen, lives with his mother and pet gerbil Horatio, and is brilliant at memorising facts and trivia. So far, pretty normal. 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 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: he's going to go on his favourite game show Who, What, Where, When and win the cash prize. All he needs is a little luck and a lot of brain power . . . Susin Nielsen deftly combines humour, heartbreak, and hope in this moving story about people who slip through the cracks in society, and about the power of friendship and community to make all the difference.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Publisher: Andersen Press
Published: 04 Oct 2018

ISBN 10: 1783447214
ISBN 13: 9781783447213
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: Another heartwarming novel from the award-winning author Susin Nielsen. Felix Knutsson is thirteen and secretly lives with his mom and pet gerbil in a van. His mom swears it's temporary, but as the months pass by, how long can Felix hide his homelessness from his friends?

Media Reviews
Relatable, moving and funny. Susin Nielsen is simply wonderful -- Sarah Crossan
Funny, charming and full of heart, this is a really special book. I defy you not to root for Felix Fredrik Knutsson! -- Lisa Williamson
Susin Nielsen is an amazing writer. No Fixed Address is my book of the year -- Hilary McKay
Susin Nielsen is the finest voice currently writing YA. Not many writers can put comedy and heartbreak in the same book, never mind the same page, but Susin does it effortlessly. -- Phil Earle
Susin Nielsen is warm, funny and doesn't write like anyone else -- Charlotte Eyre * The Bookseller *
Felix's deeply engrossing and fully immersive first-person narrative of homelessness is both illuminating and heartbreaking * Kirkus, starred review *
Nielsen writes about the important subjects of hidden homelessness, depression and poverty in a powerfully authentic and funny way. * Tamsin Winter *
No Fixed Address tackles tough issues with endless humour and hope. A beautiful book * Maximum Pop *
No Fixed Address is another triumph from one of my absolute favourite writers -- Katie Clapham * Storytellers Inc *
For fans of Rebecca Stead and Christopher Paul Curtis, here's a fast-paced gritty tale full of heart, hope, and a quiz show. I loved it. This is fiction at its empathetic finest -- Chris Grabenstein
Author Bio
Susin Nielsen got her start writing for popular television series, Degrassi Junior High. Since then, she's written for many Canadian TV shows and her young adult novels have received considerable critical acclaim. Word Nerd and My Messed-Up Life won multiple Young Readers' Choice Awards. The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen won the UKLA Award, the prestigious Governor General's Literary Award, the Canadian Library Association's Children's Book of the Year and many Young Readers' Choice Awards, while We Are All Made of Molecules was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Susin lives in Vancouver with her family and two extremely destructive cats.