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SELECTED AS WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTH<br>SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARD <p> A heart-breaking, heart-warming novel for everyone of 10 and older – this book will probably make you cry, and will definitely make you laugh. </p> <p>Cymbeline Igloo (yes, really!) has NEVER been swimming</p> <p>Not ever. Not once.</p> <p>But how hard can it be? He’s Googled front crawl and he’s found his dad’s old pair of trunks. He’s totally ready.</p> <p>What he’s not ready for is the accident at the pool – or how it leads his mum to a sudden breakdown.</p> <p>Now, with the help of friends old and new, Cymbeline must solve the mystery of why his mum never took him near water – and it will turn his whole life upside down...</p> <p>‘A wonderful story, moving and funny’ – Ross Welford</p>