{"product_id":"the-boy-in-the-suit","title":"The Boy in the Suit","description":"\"A funny, tender, poignant debut with a believable,\n      sympathetic protagonist.\" - The Guardian\n\n\n\n      \"Tender, truthful and touching.\"\n      - The Times\n\n\"A really lovely book,\n      so tender and truthful.\" - Jacqueline Wilson, bestselling\n      author of The Story of Tracy Beaker\n\n\"Fox\n      writes with great warmth and humour: his triumph\n      is to turn this story of modern domestic strife into an uplifting\n      read, with plenty of surprises en route.\" - Daily Telegraph\n\n\n\n      \"An urgent, nuanced book...[James Fox writes\n      a] deceptively breezy tale of austerity and mental illness with\n      deft compassion; would that real kids in Solo's battered shoe should\n      be so lucky\" - Observer\n\n\"Addressing\n      complex real-world issues (the cost-of-living\n      crisis, mental health, friendship problems...) with honesty, clarity\n      and compassion.\" - Teach Primary\n\n\"Expect\n      to have your heart broken and mended in one\n      reading of this must-read novel.\" - Belfast Telegraph\n\n\"A\n      tender, moving story beautifully\n      capturing life in all its light and shade\" - Hannah\n      Gold, author of Waterstones Children's Book Prize Winner The\n      Last Bear\n\n\"It is a beautiful, heartfelt\n      gem of a book, I loved it.\" - Tom Vaughan, author\n      of Hercules\n\n\"This story is full\n      to the brim with heart\" - Helen Rutter, author of The\n      Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh\n\n\n      \"Honest, funny and touching, Solo's story will\n      stay with you long after the last page.\" - Lisa Williamson\n\n\"A\n      moving...and thought-provoking\n      story\" - Cath Howe, author of Ella on the Outside\n\n\n\n      \"Heart-wrenching and heart-warming.\"\n      - Editor's choice, The School Librarian\n\n\n      It's not easy to fit in when you're the boy in the suit...\n\n      Ten-year-old Solo - embarrassingly, that isn't short for anything\n      - just wants to be normal.\n\n\n      He wants a name that doesn't stand out. He wishes he had a proper\n      school uniform that fitted him. He dreams about a mum\n      who doesn't get the Big Bad Reds, like his mum\n      Morag.\n\n\n      But most of all he longs to stop crashing funerals for the free\n      food.\n\n\n      But when Solo and Morag crash the funeral of a celebrity and get\n      caught, the press are there to witness their humiliation. The\n      next day it's splashed across the papers. Before Solo knows it, he\n      becomes a viral sensation, and life may never\n      be normal again.\n\n\n      Solo's uphill pursuit of security, community and connection will\n      break your heart and then mend it.\n\n\n      \n\n\n      Page-turning, moving, but ultimately life-affirming, this story\n      is perfect for fans of The Boy at the Back of the Class, The\n      Goldfish Boy, Wonder and Jacqueline Wilson.\n\n      A sensitive, empathetic, timely portrayal of a family struggling\n      during the cost of living crisis.\n\n      This extraordinary debut will make you laugh and cry.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 384 pages | Published January 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scholastic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63172376330589,"sku":"9780702333101","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780702333101.jpg?v=1769049768","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-boy-in-the-suit","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}