No Fixed Address 🖋 Susin Nielsen

“ ‘Don’t you worry. I will figure something out. I always do.’ ”

 🏠Felix Knutson and his mother Astrid were on their third house when they moved into their van and although it started off as just a home for the summer and Astrid said it was only temporary, Felix had this daunting feeling that it wasn't. And Felix wasn't to tell anyone about this lest he ends up with the MCFD*. But when his favourite trivia game show ‘Who, What, Where, When’ gets a junior edition with an epic cash price, Felix finally gets a chance to turn his life around. Though the effectiveness of this plan…you’ll have to read to find out.

📝 A few intriguing details:

 📝 I absolutely loved the character Winnie (one of Felix’s best friends) in this book. A shrewd and smart witted french student with an impeccable taste in fashion. She remains as one of my most cherished deuteragonist (secondary main character) of all time. 

 📝The book talks about the 'hidden homeless', those without a permanent home who instead take to living with family/friends, cars, shelters or motels. Having no home, bed or bathroom can take a drastic effect on peoples mental and physical health which has been portrayed in this story.

 📝 MCFD or Ministry of Child and Family Development has the main aim of safeguarding children from abuse and neglect. In the book, though Astrids actions were always of love to protect Felix, she was unable to care for him in ways like providing him a roof over his head that wasn't that of a cramped up van. She herself had episodes with the MCFD during her childhood whose result was being parted with her brother which lead her to believe that the Ministry wouldn't do them any good.