Stealing Happy

<p><b>Loan shark Chick Lennon is notorious around Sonny Gilmour''s way, and not for anything good. </b><br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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 ...<br><br>An authentic, funny and heartfelt contemporary YA by multi-award-winning author, Brian Conaghan. Perfect for fans of Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Elle McNicoll</p>