About the Book

SELECTED AS WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTH
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARD

A heart-breaking, heart-warming novel for everyone of 10 and older – this book will probably make you cry, and will definitely make you laugh.

Cymbeline Igloo (yes, really!) has NEVER been swimming

Not ever. Not once.

But how hard can it be? He’s Googled front crawl and he’s found his dad’s old pair of trunks. He’s totally ready.

What he’s not ready for is the accident at the pool – or how it leads his mum to a sudden breakdown.

Now, with the help of friends old and new, Cymbeline must solve the mystery of why his mum never took him near water – and it will turn his whole life upside down…

‘A wonderful story, moving and funny’ – Ross Welford

Critical Praise

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Resources

• Sample Embed

Product Details

• ISBN: 9780008267018
• ISBN 10: 0008267014
• Imprint: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
• On Sale: 06/01/2018
• Pages: 256
• List Price:12.99 CAD
• Ages: 9 to 12
• BISAC1 : JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Water Sports
• BISAC2 : JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories
• BISAC3 : JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents
• BISAC4 : JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Depression & Mental Illness
• BISAC5 : JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death & Dying

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