The Asparagus Bunch

by Jessica Scott-Whyte

This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.

Buy on Amazon Buy on Waterstones

*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.

Pub Date 21 Jul 2022 | Archive Date 28 Jun 2022

Welbeck Publishing UK | Welbeck Flame

Children's Fiction

Talking about this book? Use #TheAsparagusBunch #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!

Description

Leon John Crothers is 4779 days old (thirteen years and one month, if you're mathematically challenged), he has been 'moved on' from six different schools and most people think he has an attitude problem. Leon doesn't care for the label in the same way that he doesn't care for Tim Burton, supermarket trolleys, train fanatics or Bounty bars.

This time, however, things may turn out differently as help comes from where he least expects it - Dr Snot, a physician at pains to help Leon navigate 'normal' and classmates, Tanya and Lawrence who both face their own challenges. When school bully Glen Jenkins humiliates Leon in the school canteen and almost destroys Lawrence, Leon very reluctantly agrees to the formation of a club, The Asparagus Bunch.

How Leon manages to navigate school woes and family drama - and astonishingly ends up with not one but two friends - is nothing short of a miracle, or maybe just simply down to being different.

Leon John Crothers is 4779 days old (thirteen years and one month, if you're mathematically challenged), he has been 'moved on' from six different schools and most people think he has an attitude...