Wipe Out By Mimi Thebo. 9780007142774

Name: Wipe Out By Mimi Thebo. 9780007142774
Brand: Mimi Thebo

Mimi Thebo

Wipe OutAuthor(s): Mimi Thebo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom\nImprint: HarperCollins Children's Books\nISBN-13: 9780007142774, 978-0007142774\nSynopsis\nA first childrens title from a prize-winning poet and author of adult books. A novel exploring a young boys grief, set against a colourful background of surfing.\nEleven-year-old Billy's mother has just died. Billy's father isn't coping too well so Billy goes to stay with his dull Auntie Mary. The death of his mother has taken all the colour away from Billy's world. He sees his Auntie Mary as a grey person, whose dull blue house is shrouded in fog. Billy feels foggy and dull, too, and longs for the colour to return to his life. His mother was a well-known surfer Kitten Brown and the author has woven into this novel the buzzing vibes of the surfing world. Waves, movement, colour, VW combis, Cornwall, surfing songs described through Billy's dreams as he sleeps away his grief. For though Billy.