Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal Felix Knutsson is nearly thirteen, lives with his mother and pet gerbil Horatio, and is brilliant at memorising 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 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. All he needs is a little luck and a lot of brain power . . .

"Beautifully wrought, compassionate and entertaining…A book worth giving a home to" - Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week

"Sharply comic and sad by turns...another superb book" - The Guardian

"Susin Nielsen is fantastic at creating believable teenage voices" - The Times, 'Children's Books of the Year'

"This may be a story about poverty and depression, but there's hope and humour at its heart." - The Observer

"A timely, funny and compassionate book with an endearing protagonist." - Sunday Independent Dublin - Best Books of 2018