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September 1, 2007/in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary /by Richard Hill
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BfK 166 September 2007
Reviewer: David Bennett
ISBN: 978-0007224609
Price: £9.99
Publisher: Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noonGuaranteed packagingNo quibbles returns
Genre: Fiction
Age Range: 10-14 Middle/Secondary
Length: 192pp
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Hunky Dory

Author: Jean UreIllustrator: Karen Donnelly

This is the kind of book kids will read in one sitting and feel all the better for it. All the girls want to get to know the narrator Dorian, but he just doesn’t get it. As he geekily studies dinosaurs and high-mindedly pokes about in his excavations in his back garden his contemporaries are hurling themselves into the mating game. To add to his insecurities his younger sister, The Microbe, ceaselessly reminds him of his failings as a member of the human race.

There is comedy, irony and witty repartee here aplenty. It is well worth recommending alongside the rest of this author’s popular titles. Karen Donnelly’s illustrations contribute greatly to the overall fun.

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