Penguin Books Australia

Sugar boy gave me the name Bird, otherwise I'm James Burdell. I live with my dad who has a big tattoo that says Live to Ride. He is so strong he can lift up a car, but he can't tell me what he's thinking. Maybe he's thinking about my mother who shot through.

Sugar Boy is my best friend. We hang around down at the river, in the bush tunnel, or beside the railway tracks riding our bikes fast enough to beat the train. There's only two of us, but we're the whole team.

I don't know what would happen if I didn't have Sugar Boy . . .

Funny, moving and irresistible – a wonderful novel by the acclaimed Sofie Laguna.