This is a funny book, although it also deals with some serious issues such as bullying, family issues and sibling rivalry. Stanley feels that he doesnÆt really fit in û heÆs a bit on the chubby side, the last to be picked for football, and people make jokes about his ginger hair. The final humiliation is when the school bully finds out that he is adopted.
On his 13th birthday he gets a card from his birth mother asking him to meet her. He decides that he canÆt disappoint her by turning up and instead, he advertises for a stand in who will be sporty, clever and good looking to impress her. Needless to say, things donÆt go as planned and he finds himself getting deeper and deeper into trouble as his lies escalate. Throw into this a pushy teacher who enters him for the school talent competition and life begins to get very complicated for poor Stanley!
It is one of the best books I have read this year. I instantly liked it from the moment I started it. I could relate to him very well. I loved the other characters too. they were well described. The parallels between my school and his school was hilarious. The story kept me hooked. It describes British teenagers very well. The ending wasn’t good but it was a brilliant book.
This book was so good that I read it all in one day! it’s really good idea for the story which keeps you gripped.
I loved this book because it had lots of ups and downs. If there was a second one that came out I would definitely read it.
A wonderful story that entices the reader using a great quantity of cliff hangers and unexpected turns.
I really like this book because it has a simple setting at the start of the story, at Stanley Harris 13th birthday. However things start to get really interesting when he received a card from his birth mother. She wishes to meet Stanley but he knows he wont impress her. As well as this this he has got the school talent show on his mind too.
This book is full of cliff-hangers and unexpected twists, Never think you know what is going to happen next.
I would definitely give this book 5/5 !
It is a really good story that shows how some people live. It shows the lives of people who don’t know about there family and is really interesting