A brilliantly illustrated, genuinely funny book that champions empathy and acceptance with engaging characters in relatable able situations.
Ferris Foster is a brilliant cartoonist and lives with his two mums, who have been foster parents to a succession of children for years. Nile, the latest addition to their family, brings disruption and chaos to their household with his desire to take things apart or blow them up.
However, the discovery of an unexploded bomb during works to the school playground gives both boys a golden opportunity to achieve their wildest dreams - if they win the competition to design a facility for the whole school community. Can the two of them find enough common ground to work together on the project, and will Ferris be able stop the big changes on the horizon that threaten his way of life?
This is a fabulous addition to the author's existing range of brilliantly illustrated, genuinely funny and inclusive books. Her stories champion empathy and acceptance and seamlessly include characters with varying needs, for example sensory issues, Makaton and a wheelchair. Ferris's dawning realisation of how his foster brother's difficult home life might have created his current behaviour is cleverly done too. I'll be recommending this one at my school to anyone who enjoys Wimpy Kid or other such series.