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Author: Boakye, Jeffrey

Family & home stories (Children’s/YA)

Published on 1 June 2023 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 256 pages
128 x 199 x 20 | 204g

‘Hilarious and full of heart.’ A. M. Dassu’Will inspire a whole generation of music-lovers.’ Rashmi Sirdeshpande’Fizzing with originality and energy.’ Katya BalenKofi had an idea . . . one big lightning bolt of an idea that hit him like electricity. And all it needed was Kelvin’s incredible memory for words.

Kofi is used to stuff going wrong, he’s usually in detention or about to be. But when he finds out his best friend Kelvin has a photographic memory, he comes up with a genius money-making scheme. The whole school is obsessed with music, but no one can ever make out the words, so the boys hit the jackpot selling a new fanzine full of song lyrics: PAPER JAM. It’s not long before one of the teacher’s tells Kofi: ‘You could be a real leader at this school, you know that?’ and . . . suddenly it’s turning out to be the best summer ever!