The Day My School Got Famous

Ferris’s new foster brother, Nile, creates mess and chaos wherever he goes. Ferris feels bad for him that he’s not with his mum and brother, but he’s driving him mad! When an unexploded Second World War bomb is discovered under their school, they’reforced to spend more time together at home, and Ferris can’t sit and draw peacefully. Also, Ferris is worried that his beloved younger foster sister will be adopted by another family, while all Nile wants to talk about is the bomb. Can the foster brothers find a way to exist in peace? 

Funny and moving, withcharacters underrepresented in children’s fiction – children whose family fosters, and those who go into kinship care. (Nile and his brother end up living with his uncle – kinship care – which is the best long-term outcome for them.) Ferris is very relatable and learns, along with the reader, that everyone, no matter how annoying, deserves understanding. You never know what tough times someone is going through. 

Full of comic strips and cartoons by the author, and with an easy-to-read font, this should look appealing to easily daunted readers. It is the sequel to The Day My Dog Got Famous, but you can read it without reading the other first.