After school Tim wants to play with his friend William

and build a fort in the woods. ‘Not today, Tim,’ says his

mother. ‘Filmon is coming to visit.’ Filmon is the new boy

in his class and he doesn’t speak English yet.

I can’t play knights with Filmon, thinks Tim. How can we

warn each other that the enemy is approaching when

we speak two different languages?

That afternoon Tim discovers that he and Filmon can be

friends nevertheless …

By Alieke Bruins and Carmen Groenefelt

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Jim's mum and dad are divorced. His dad has moved to Brazil and Jim hasn't seen or spoken to him in over two months which is worrying. What could have happened?

Fortunately, he has plenty of things to take his mind off of that. He lives with his mother and best friend Bob on a very special houseboat with a trampoline as a diving board. There’s a kitchen full of delicious things, next to their bed a water slide, a hammock on the ceiling, a film room with a starry sky, a climbing wall and a ...