The Asparagus Bunch

A funny and unique book about a boy named Leon who has been moved on from six schools and has an attitude problem. He forms a club with two friends, Tanya and Lawrence, to navigate school woes and family drama.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 21 July 2022
Publisher: Welbeck Publishing Group

Leon John Crothers is 4779 days old (thirteen years and one month, if you're mathematically challenged). He has been moved on from six different schools, and most people think he has an attitude problem. Leon doesn't care for the label, in the same way that he doesn't care for Tim Burton, supermarket trolleys, train fanatics, or Bounty bars. This time, however, things may turn out differently, as help comes from where he least expects it – Dr. Snot, a physician at pains to help Leon navigate normal and classmates, Tanya and Lawrence, who both face their own challenges. When school bully Glen Jenkins humiliates Leon in the school canteen and almost destroys Lawrence, Leon very reluctantly agrees to the formation of a club, The Asparagus Bunch. How Leon manages to navigate school woes and family drama – and astonishingly ends up with not one but two friends – is nothing short of a miracle, or maybe just simply down to being different.

Shortlisted for the AN Post Irish Book Awards 2022
Shortlisted for the Juniper Book Awards 2023

Weight: 264g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781801300469