Get Real

(Paperback)

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Artie has everything a boy could possibly want. But beneath the surface, his "perfect" world is actually falling apart. GET REAL is a novel about a boy discovering the really important things in life - and teaching everyone around him as he learns. Artie has everything. His parents are making a serious fortune for themselves as sports agents, they've got a dream house with every kind of toy and gizmo a kid could ever desire, and Artie and his younger brother and sister go to glamorous parties every weekend in designer clothes, where they hang out with sporting celebrities! Oh, and did I mention Artie's own phenomenal football ability He's already got some premiership talent scouts watching him. In spite of all this, Artie's miserable. Why Well, he hardly sees his successful parents, never gets to spend much time in their dream home and he and his best mate, Matt, aren't getting on so well. In fact, having school days with Matt and weekends with his parents is like living in two separate worlds. Granddad is the only thing that holds these worlds together. But Granddads loopiness is getting worse. And only Artie knows it!

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Reviews of Wipe Out: "a life-affirming page-turner about relationships! a book that gives you a lump in the throat and then a warm glow. Empathetic, vivid and humane, this novel marks the debut of a lively and skilled new writer." Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week "A touching read that will totally immerse you." Funday Times

Author Bio

Mimi Thebo is an American of Cajun descent, now living and working in England. A lecturer at Bath Spa University, Mimi is also an author of adult books being published by Allison and Busby. Mimi and her husband have just had their first child, Libby Jo, born on March 29th 2002. They all live aboard the Crinkly Starfish, a narrow boat on the River Avon.