The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates
Jenny Pearson
Hardcover
(Norton Young Readers, May 12, 2020)
Jenny Pearsonâs exceptional debut delivers laugh-out-loud calamity, high-stakes adventure, and the warmth of family.Facts are everything to eleven-year-old Freddie Yates: once you know a fact itâs yours to keep. After his grandmother dies and Freddie discovers his biological father might be alive and well in Wales, he decides to follow the facts. Together with his best friends Ben and Charlie, he sneaks off on the adventure of a lifetime (or at least, the summer holidays) to track down Freddieâs father.Freddie doesnât expect any miraclesâtheyâre not real, after all. But when the three unwittingly set off a chain of inexplicable events via an onion-eating competition, a couple of superhero costumes, and some very angry antique thieves, Freddie discovers that some things canât always be explainedâand sometimes what youâre looking for has been with you the whole time.Propulsive and hilarious, The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates is a heartwarming story about the true meaning of family.
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