We like our young people to read stories of Adventure because they’re full of resilience and perseverance. But the reality of life is quite different to the usual Adventure books filled with incredible feats being done by incredible people.

In real life, things are a bit messier, particularly in the minds of young people. They often worry about failing, about not knowing what direction they’re going, or if things may be turn out not quite as expected.

So I have put together a new book to hopefully encourage more of a growth mindset in young people. Because adventures, like real life, are rarely smooth, simple and predictable. This a book full of people overcoming the odds to do really fantastic crazy adventures, but going about it in a roundabout sort of way.