TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elaine Feeney
TI  - HOW TO BUILD A BOAT
SN  - 9781787303461
U1  - F 
PY  - 2023////01/01
CY  - UK
PB  - Penguin Random House
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Inventions Fiction
KW  - Mother and child Fiction
KW  - Mothers Death Fiction
KW  - Psychological fiction
KW  - Teacher-student relationships Fiction
N1  - 

A vibrant, moving novel about a remarkable boy and his dream, from the prize-winning Irish novelist and poet

Jamie O'Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many objects, books with dust jackets, cats, rivers and Edgar Allan Poe. At age 13 there are two things he especially wants in life: to build a Perpetual Motion Machine, and to connect with his mother Noelle, who died when he was born. In his mind these things are intimately linked. And at his new school, where all else is disorientating and overwhelming, he finds two people who might just be able to help him.

How to Build a Boat is the story of how one boy and his mission transforms the lives of his teachers, Tess and Tadhg, and brings together a community. Written with tenderness and verve, it's about love, family and connection, the power of imagination, and how our greatest adventures never happen alone

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