
Stealing Happy
Loan shark Chick Lennon is notorious around Sonny Gilmour's way, and not for anything good.
So when Sonny discovers his mum has borrowed money from Chick to pay the rent, he finds himself in need of the quickest of get-rich-quick schemes.
With the help of best mate Jonah and quiet genius Carolina Swift, he hatches a plot – to pay back what Mum owes using Chick's own ill-gotten gains. It's not a fool-proof plan, and it's not helped by Sonny's Tourette's making him blurt out 'ROB CHICK LENNON!' at the top of his lungs every time things get dicey.
But with his dad suffering from long Covid and his mum already struggling to cope, Sonny knows it's down to him to keep his family out of Chick's clutches ...
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Author
Brian Conaghan
Editors
Catherine Liney and Fliss Stevens
Illustrator
Ben Tallon
Designer
Danielle Rippengill
Age
Young Adult
Format
198mm x 129mm, 304pp; paperback
Publishers
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK, March 2025)
Brian Conaghan
Editors
Catherine Liney and Fliss Stevens
Illustrator
Ben Tallon
Designer
Danielle Rippengill
Age
Young Adult
Format
198mm x 129mm, 304pp; paperback
Publishers
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK, March 2025)




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