Very original concept and a brilliant plot that reflects the authors genuine passion for beetles. Surpringly informative and hugely entertaining with the best baddie since Cruella de Ville
In Holes, best-selling author Louis Sachar showed his understanding and compassion for a group of boys who have got outside the system. In There’s a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, he shows the same sensitivity to Bradley Chalkers, one boy whose behaviour has increasingly alienated him from his teachers and his peers. Bradley seems unable to change but then Carla arrives. Carla believes in Bradley; gradually Bradley begins to believe in himself. Without preaching and with his familiar humour, Sachar tells a heartwarming story.
Give me a dollar or I'll spit on you. Meet Bradley Chalkers. He's the oldest child in the class. He tells ENORMOUS lies. He picks fights with girls. The teachers say he has 'serious behaviour problems'. And no one likes him ...Except Carla, the new school counsellor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and she even enjoys his far-fetched stories. Carla knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren't afraid to try. Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is believing in yourself. A heartwarming story of isolation, bravery and acceptance from the bestselling author of Holes, Louis Sachar.
'One of the best and toughest books in recent years' Guardian
'A humorous and immensely appealing story ... Readers are likely to come away with the sense that they've been rooting for themselves too' Kirkus
ISBN: 9781408869109
Publication date: 14/01/2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781408869109
Publication date: 05/03/2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780007178636
Publication date: 20/02/2004
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
| ISBN: | 9781408869109 |
| Publication date: | 14th January 2016 |
| Author: | Louis Sachar |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Suitable for: | 11+ readers, 13+ readers |
| Genres: | General Fiction |
| Recommendations: | Reluctant Readers, eBooks |
| Other Categories: | Books for Boys |
Julia Eccleshare, our very own editorial expert as well as Children's Books Editor of the Guardian says of Louis: Best-selling author Louis Sachar took the world by storm with Holes, his remarkable story about a group of boys in a reform camp. But he deserves to be just as famous and popular for his many other books which display his hallmark qualities of warmth, empathy and understanding of all kinds of young readers but especially those whose lives have gone a bit awry. Young readers are immediately attracted to Louis Sachar’s novels for his great and unusual stories ...
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