The Boy Who Fooled the World

Suitable for 11 – 12 years

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Telling a little white lie now and then is harmless, right?
But what if it leads to you being a household name and international celebrity?
Cole is the boy who fooled the world and finds himself trapped in a huge web of lies… can he break free?
The brand new, read-in-one-sitting mystery from the bestselling author of The Goldfish Boy.
When a little white lie leads to a huge dose of trouble…
Cole is the odd one out at school: the other kids have the latest gadgets and trainers while his family struggles to make ends meet.
Until the day one of his paintings is talent-spotted and sells for thousands of pounds at a posh London gallery.
Suddenly, Cole is the toast of the international art world, the star guest on TV shows, rich beyond his wildest dreams, hailed as a boy genius!
Being famous is FANTASTIC…
but Cole has a guilty secret that if exposed will bring everything crashing down around him…

  • A story of fame and fortune, making mistakes and learning to be true to yourself.
  • An award-winning, bestselling author.
  • This is a funny, moving, hugely entertaining story.

    • Product Details

    Catalogue number

    1069 in SCB Offer January 2026

    Format

    Paperback

    ISBN

    9781407185132

    Publisher

    Scholastic

    Date published

    January 2nd, 2020

    Lexile measure

    HL630L

    Accelerated Reader

    AR book level: 4.5; Middle years; 8.0 points

    Other details

    • 320 pages

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    New

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    Author/Illustrator

    Lisa Thompson

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    Lisa Thompson is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of THE GOLDFISH BOY (one of the top selling debuts of 2017), THE LIGHT JAR and THE DAY I WAS ERASED. Her books have been shortlisted for many awards, including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. She grew up in Essex and now lives in Suffolk with her family.

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