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July 1, 2011/in Fiction 5-8 Infant/Junior /by Angie Hill
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BfK 189 July 2011
Reviewer: Anne Faundez
ISBN: 978-0141333908
Price: Price not available
Publisher: Puffin
Genre: Fiction
Age Range: 5-8 Infant/Junior
Length: 144pp
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The Wrong Pong

Author: Steven ButlerIllustrator: Chris Fisher

One night, Neville Brisket is woken by a sour-smelling finger being stuck up his nose. Minutes later, he stumbles upon a most disgusting creature called Pong, picking its nose and creating messes. Soon after, he finds himself dragged down the toilet and flushed into a foul-smelling world where he comes face to face with a most disgusting troll family. At first, they look upon him as a tasty snack, then as the replacement for their own son Pong gone missing in the upper world. At first, Neville’s disgusted by his new sewer family, but gradually he adapts and takes the place of their missing son. It seems he may never get back to his own world. The story abounds in all things grotty and snotty, and the vividly disgusting imagery and lively dialogue will have children chortling.

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