![]() ![]() I loved Boy Underwater despite being several decades older than the target market. For the answers you really need, sometimes you have to go deep. Only Cym and his friends can solve it because, as usual, the grown-ups aren’t telling them anything. But he’s not ready for an accident at the pool to reveal a family mystery that turns his life completely upside down. But how hard could it be? He’s Googled front crawl and he’s found his dad’s old pair of trunks. “Cymbeline (yes, really!) has never been swimming – not ever, not once – so he’s a bit nervous at the prospect of his first school swimming lesson ever. ![]() ![]() Here is the first paragraph of Baron’s book, which hit British newsstands in June: They discuss voice, humour, planning (or lack thereof) and writing for young readers.Įnglish novelist Adam Baron has released a heart-breaking, funny story called Boy Underwater about Cymbeline Igloo, a nine-year-old boy who must discover secrets about his family to save his mother, and himself. Elena Bowes talked to Baron about this heartbreaking, funny story about a broken family with secrets, told from the perspective of nine-year-old Cymbeline. Adam Baron’s latest book Boy Underwater, published by HarperCollins, hit bookshelves in June. ![]()
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