The Bubble Wrap Boy Strategy The Private Papers ofEastern Jewel

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The Bubble Wrap Boy Strategy The Private Papers ofEastern JewelCharlie Han's troubles are way bigger than he is. At school, he's branded an outsider, a loser the tiny kid from the Chinese Chippy. His only ally is Sinus Sedgely, the only lad in school with a worse reputation than Charlie himself. Life at home isn't much better. His dad is better with a wok than he is with words, and his mum is suffocating the life out of Charlie, wrapping him in enough cotton wool to fill a pharmacy. But when a new passion leads