Just Call Me Spaghetti-Hoop Boy

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My name is Adam Butters. I live on planet Earth, I like eating spaghetti hoops and I've decided I'm going to be a SUPERHERO.Everyone loves superheroes, they solve problems and make people happy, and that's good because my mum needs cheering up. Also, I've found out that before I was adopted my real mum called me ACE. So now I've just got to prove to the world that's what I am. One mission at a time...Hilarious, heart-warming and heart-breaking in equal measure, this is a story about the power in all of us to be extraordinary.

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A touching and amusing story about belonging and the search for an heroic identity. * LoveReading4Kids *
A heartwarming story of personal discovery, friendship, family and discovering what being home truly means. * Reading Pebbles *
Family love comes first in a beautiful, sensitive and utterly life-affirming story from award-winning childrens author and queen of hearts Lara Williamson.... Williamson uses her trademark blend of warmth, humour and hope as she weaves an entertaining but touchingly clever story about one boys journey of emotional and personal discovery. Prepare to laugh and cry in equal measure * Blackpool Gazette *
The beauty of this book is not just the path of emotions we travel along it is the humour. The humour is there from page one and is wonderfully and delicately interwoven throughout the story... This book has a strong core or rather a heart and... is an honest picture of the ebbs and flows of family life * Armadillo Magazine *
This sensitive, funny story looks at what it means to love and be loved and the importance of belonging. It is so all-enveloping that youll feel the warmth seep through you whatever any age. * Daily Mail *

Author Bio

Lara's debut novel, A Boy Called Hope has been shortlisted for lots of prizes, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the IBW Book Award, and won the Sheffield Children's Book Award 2015 and the Salford Children's Book Award 2016. Her second novel, The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair, was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards and nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Lara was born and studied in Northern Ireland, before moving to London. She loves tap-dancing, daydreaming, eating chips, wearing glitter and writing. Not necessarily in that order.