Contributor(s):Author: Susin Nielsen For fans of Wendelin van Draanen and Cynthia Lord, a touching and funny middle-grade story about family, friendship, and growing up when you're one step away from homelessness.
Twelve-and-three-quarter-year-old Felix Knutsson has a knack for trivia.
His favorite game show is Who What Where When; he even named his gerbil after the host.
Felix's mom, Astrid, is loving but can't seem to hold on to a job.
So when they get evicted from their latest shabby apartment, they have to move into a van.
Astrid swears him to secrecy; he can't tell anyone about their living arrangement, not even Dylan and Winnie, his best friends at his new school.
If he does, she warns him, he'll be taken away from her and put in foster care.
As their circumstances go from bad to worse, Felix gets a chance to audition for a junior edition of Who What Where When, and he's determined to earn a spot on the show.
Winning the cash prize could make everything okay again.
But things don't turn out the way he expects.
Susin Nielsen deftly combines humor, heartbreak, and hope in this moving story about people who slip through the cracks in society, and about the power of friendship and community to make all the difference.
Review citations School Library Journal / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg.
78 - 06/01/2018School Library Journal / Exceptional Presentation - pg.
78 - 06/01/2018School Library Journal / Book Of Special Distinction - pg.
78 - 06/01/2018School Library Journal / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg.
78 - 06/01/2018School Library Journal / Highly Recommended - pg.
78 - 06/01/2018Kirkus Reviews / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg.
122 - 07/01/2018Kirkus Reviews / Exceptional Presentation - pg.
122 - 07/01/2018Kirkus Reviews / Book Of Special Distinction - pg.
122 - 07/01/2018Kirkus Reviews / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg.
122 - 07/01/2018Kirkus Reviews / Highly Recommended - pg.
122 - 07/01/2018Horn Book Magazine - pg.
92 - 09/01/2018Book Pa.
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Wendy Lamb Books No fixed address, hardcover/susin nielsen
