Finding Dad is about a boy whose parents separate when he is very young. He lives with his mother and never gets to know his father. One day his father dies. He makes a journey to spend time with his father's mother. He spends time in his father's childhood room and learns about his father from the things he left behind.

 

This book is part of a book series called Rainbow Reading Archeology .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Cambridge University Press .

LESLEY BEAKE is a multi-award-winning writer for children and young adults. Her international awards include, for Song of Be , a Children's Book of Note and the Best Book for Young Adults by the ALA. Outside South Africa her books have been published in ten countries. Of the 45 books published in South Africa, one has been translated into thirteen African languages. Her first book for Frances Lincoln was the highly-acclaimed picture book Home Now , illustrated by Karin Littlewood. She lives in Simon's Town, near Cape Town, South Africa.