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\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 This new short novel by Carnegie Prize winning author Anthony McGowan is excellent. Funnier than his wonderful ‘Lark’, but equally insightful about adolescent characters, families, and the natural world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 Thirteen-year-old Kyle, ‘only ever got left with Grandad when all the other babysitting options were used up. It was like when you look in the cupboard for some biscuits, hoping for maybe a Jaffa Cake or a Jammy Dodger, and all your find is a cracker.’ Grandad’s boring and embarrassing (insisting on wearing his Elvis impersonator wig). But of course Grandad actually leads Kyle into a naughty scrape, into becoming friends with a girl, making his tormentor bullies change their minds about him.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0After showing Kyle the wildlife in and around the beck, and also showing where developers are about to concrete that life out of existance, Grandad intends to do something naughty, borderline illegal, to stop this from happening. But then he’s hospitalised with a stroke, and Kyle decides to do the deed himself. So the triumphs of friendship and protecting wildlife are properly his own achievements.\u00a0<\/span>
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Thought-provoking, involving, moving and funny, this makes a very satisfying read, and a quick and accessible one as you’d expect from Barrington Stoke.<\/span>
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Oh, and Grandad’s three-legged dog is called Rude Word.\u00a0<\/span>
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