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Timothy and the Phubbers

28 Ratings

4.4

Duration
3H 17min
Language
English
Format
Category

Children

Timothy Pong has enough trouble at home without throwing his first year of secondary school into the mix. The Pong family only interact with each other through digital machines rather than human contact. Twelve-year-old Timothy is too young to own a phone, according to his mum, so he hasn’t actually spoken to his family in years as he can’t WhatsApp his parents or Snapchat his older sister.

Even worse, the most menacing bully in school, who also just happens to be the prettiest girl Timothy has ever seen, has plucked him out as her new favourite target. Luckily, Timothy has a few ideas up his sleeve to survive Secondary One, as well as the help of his undernourished friend Rudy, who, when not helping Timothy, can be found eating grass in the school field.

When their first plan goes horribly wrong and Timothy is caught on camera with his pants down – the most embarrassing three minutes of fame ever, the two friends must up their game if they’re to expose the conniving Bella, ace their Science project, and learn how an old-fashioned camera they first mistook for a hairdryer might be the answer to their prayers.

© 2018 by Ken Kwek. Published in paper format in Singapore by Pan Asia Publishing, recorded by Storyside 2021.

© 2021 Storyside (Audiobook): 9789180138000
© 2019 Epigram Books (Ebook): 9789814757980

Release date

Audiobook: 23 March 2021
Ebook: 1 May 2019

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