When Mr Dog Bights by Brian Conaghan
Dylan Mint has Tourette Syndrome, a condition that means he has tics, and often has violent verbal outbreaks. And he only has until march to live. So Dylan decideds to create a list. Cool Things to do Before I Cack It.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. This book was laugh out loud funny for older readers. That's actually something I find quite sad, because most LOL books are for 7 year olds. Anyway, as I was saying, this was just hilarious. I loved the randomness of the book, the way it jumped around. I also loved the underlying seriousness of the plot. Also, there was always something nagging at you, that something wasn't right, but I personally couldn't work out what it was (I may just be very stupid 😀). Anyways, I really liked the book, and I think I really like Brian Conaghan as an Author. So...
I am going to give it a 10/10
And an age rating of 13+
Also, exciting news!
Apparently, according to Google, a tween is age 8 -14, so I can keep this blog for at least another 2 years. To be honest, I'm hopefully not going to stop when I reach 14.😃
Sorry about my original spelling mistake. I've been told it's Bights not bites. Sppeling iss knot mie stronng pointe.
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Saturday, 4 March 2017
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
We Come Apart
We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan
Nicu has come to England, from Romania, with his parents. They need to earn money, so they can return and buy Nicu a wife.
Jess has an abusive step dad, and a cowering mum. More than ever now, she needs a good friend.
When Jess and Nicu meet on a community service scheme, Nicu falls instantly in love with Jess. Unfortunately the feelings aren't mutual. But maybe they need each other more than Jess realises.
I don't know if anyone saw this on twitter, but I was literally crying my eyes by the end. It's one of those books. You hardly realised that it was two different authors. In fact you hardly realised that it was written by anyone other than Nicu and Jess! I wasn't quite sure who wrote each part, but I think that Sarah Crossan was Jess and Brian Conaghan was Nicu (correct me if I am wrong). Also, it was written in poetry, which only added to the book. You could really understand what the characters were feeling.
I am going to give it a 10/10
and an age rating of 12+
Nicu has come to England, from Romania, with his parents. They need to earn money, so they can return and buy Nicu a wife.
Jess has an abusive step dad, and a cowering mum. More than ever now, she needs a good friend.
When Jess and Nicu meet on a community service scheme, Nicu falls instantly in love with Jess. Unfortunately the feelings aren't mutual. But maybe they need each other more than Jess realises.
I don't know if anyone saw this on twitter, but I was literally crying my eyes by the end. It's one of those books. You hardly realised that it was two different authors. In fact you hardly realised that it was written by anyone other than Nicu and Jess! I wasn't quite sure who wrote each part, but I think that Sarah Crossan was Jess and Brian Conaghan was Nicu (correct me if I am wrong). Also, it was written in poetry, which only added to the book. You could really understand what the characters were feeling.
I am going to give it a 10/10
and an age rating of 12+
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