Boy Underwater

Boy Underwater
Adam Baron

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 swimmingNot 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

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2018

Published in this ebook edition in 2018

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Text copyright © Adam Baron 2018

Illustrations copyright © Benji Davies 2018

Cover and interior illustrations copyright © Benji Davies

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Source ISBN: 9780008267018

Ebook Edition © 2018 ISBN: 9780008267025

Version: 2018-06-04

Almost all of this novel is dedicated to

Ben and Ollie Robinson.

The first line of page thirty-eight is

for their parents, though.

Contents

Cover (#u04ef354a-a5f6-56b1-940e-103af54ed920)

Title Page (#u81bc16b4-6ec3-52db-9764-e2efd731af32)

Copyright (#u3ef1f953-2261-5dfa-adf7-2bb1ae348b80)

Dedication (#u45b1933f-6926-51ea-bf51-3ad32279d10f)

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Chapter Three (#u05bfa075-d73c-5a22-8a15-128beb32cc53)

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