Joe Speedboat / Tommy Wieringa ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett.
Language: English Original language: Dutch Publication details: Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2016.Description: 319 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781925321050
- Joe Speedboot. English.
- 839.3137 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | WIE | Available | 064179 |
"First published in Dutch in 2007 as Joe Speedboot by De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Published by Scribe 2016"--Title page verso.
FICTION IN TRANSLATION. When Frankie Hermans emerges from a coma after 200 days, he knows his life is never going to be the same again. For a start, he can't talk, he can't walk and it's a struggle even to wield a pen. And then there's Joe Speedboat a boy who arrived in the sleepy village of Lomark like a blazing comet and who's been stirring things up ever since. Whether setting off bombs, racing mopeds or building a bi-plane, Joe has the touch of a magician and the spirit of a daredevil. He also sees a use for Frankie's good right arm beyond writing: as a champion arm-wrestler Frankie will be strong enough to impress his friends, and maybe even win the favour of the gorgeous, golden-haired girl who has them all in a spin. Full of vitality, verve and chutzpah, Joe Speedboat tells the fast-paced story of an unlikely friendship between two boys, and of their lightning dash towards adulthood.
Adult.
Adult.
In English thranslated from Dutch.
