Author: Thompson, Lisa
Interest age: from c 9 years
 
Family & home stories (Children's)
Published on 2 Jan 2020 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 320 pages
130 x 197 x 21 mm | 238g
 
Telling a little white lie now and then is harmless, right?  But what if it leads to you being a household name and international celebrity? The brand new, read-in-one-sitting mystery from the bestselling author of The Goldfish Boy. 
 
Cole is the odd one out at school: the other kids have the latest gadgets and trainers while his family struggles to make ends meet. Until the day one of his paintings is talent-spotted and sells for thousands of pounds at a posh London gallery. Suddenly, Cole is the toast of the international art world, the star guest on TV shows, rich beyond his wildest dreams, hailed as a boy genius! Being famous is FANTASTIC...

but Cole has a guilty secret that if exposed will bring everything crashing down around him... A story of fame and fortune, making mistakes and learning to be true to yourself.