The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4

Name: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
Author: Sue Townsend
ISBN: 9752522084

by Sue Townsend

From book jacket: Adrian Mole is a worrier. The problems of existence hit him hard. Spots, bits of him that won't seem to keep still, the cracks in his parents' marriage, all prey heavily on his mind. There are some consolations. A 14 year old feminist, an 89 year old chain smoker and his spoilt best friend all help to lift the gloomy introspection of Mole's moods. Mole believes he is an intellectual. He is certainly a poet. He buys strikingly coloured stationery on which to write his poems and send them to the B.B.C. He is dogged by ill health as well as by an infuriatingly ever-present pet dog, and by a catalogue of misfortunes familiar to anyone over the age of 13. ... Sue Townsend's original creation .. [is] a hilarious delight.

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Tom McLaughlin

"They were my gateway books as a dyslexic person—I had a huge sense of pride when I read this series. It’s so much easier to read something once you have read them already, especially if you’re a reluctant reader. Once I’d conquered these books, it made all other books seem less scary. That, along with the fact that I was a melancholic teenager from the midlands, meant that I’d found my kindred spirit. I love the gentle humour of it; I love the black comedy, too. It’s as if Alan Bennett had written a kids’ book. It will always have a special place in my heart."

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