My Dad Is Definitely Not a Crime Lord
By (Author) Ben Davis
Scholastic
Scholastic
1st February 2023
4th August 2022
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Adventurers and outlaws
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Espionage and spy thriller
823.92
Paperback
368
Width 152mm, Height 205mm, Spine 24mm
220g
Damian's family shows up at their new home, and no one is happy about it. They are living under witness protection now that Dad, a powerful gangster, has turned Queen's evidence. Now they are expected to live in a cramped flat in a run-down council estatethey are fish out of water, having got used to the privileges and wealth that had come with Dad's job. And Dad's current moods and bad temper aren't helping matters one bit. It's summertime, and Damian'Finn'is soon introduced to the neighbourhood kids, and is pressured early on to bully local boy Tel. 'Finn' refuses, and comes to befriend Tel, who by night is costumed crimefighter Star Kid! Star Kid is on a mission to help free the estate from local gangster extortionist Ronnie. (Despite this problem, their neighbours on the estate are mostly good, with a strong sense of community.) Tel recruits Finn to his superhero team, and Star Kid and Moon Boy manage to get rid of Ronnie in a bugging-sting-gone-wrong exercise. But then Finn is horrified to discover that someone else has stepped into the protection racket and terrorising the estate: it's Dad!