Boy Underground

Authors: Isabelle Marinov & Paula Zorite

Interest age: from c 9 years | Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage) | Personal & social issues: disability & special needs (Children's / Teenage) | Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's / Teenage)

Published on 2^nd March 2023 by Sweet Cherry Publishing in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 320 pages
197mm x 129mm x 25mm | 308g

Boy Underground is a powerful adventure story about Hugo, an autistic boy who decides to go all the way into the Paris underground to find a place where he belongs.

For Hugo, the world can be too loud and bright. He likes the quiet. He likes the dark. And he loves maps.

When Hugo learns that there’s a whole other world under Paris, a network of tunnels, quarries and catacombs mapped beneath his feet, he sets off on an adventure.

Navigating secret passages, narrowly escaping robbers and returning to old friends, Hugo discovers more than just buried treasure …