Let's Hear It for the Boy Let's Hear It for the Boy "Let's Hear It for the Boy" was the second number-one song for Deniece Williams and appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film "Footloose". It climbed to number one on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 on May 26, 1984, as well as number one on the dance and R&B charts, and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was certified platinum in the US, gold in Canada and silver in the UK by the RIAA, Music Canada and the British
The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas is a 2012 book by David Almond. It is about a boy, Stanley, who runs away from home and joins the circus. A "BookTrust" review of "The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas" wrote "Full of surreal, fairy-tale touches, this is an joyful and warm story of self-discovery, perfectly accompanied by the quirky illustrations by Oliver Jeffers." and "The Guardian" wrote "Almond has produced a circus ride of a story, with thrills and spills and all the fun of the fair." "Publishers Weekly" called it "Bold, imaginative, and funny"