So Gross!
J. A. Mawter

HarperCollins: Angus&Robertson2001

176p pbk $12.95

0-207-19733-4         

GENRE:humorous, 

From my pointof view, I thought that book was fantastic. It was good how J.A. Mawter didntmake each story too long and boring. I thought that it was funny but inthe same time, very disgusting and perverted. The stories in the book were veryrealistic. I think that the things that happen to the people in the book,happens to regular kids sometimes. Farting, the hate for their teacher, a secretcrush, playing tricks on someone, doing dares, trying to impress someone andembarrassment, are things that happen in everyday life as a kid. Thats whatmade the book very true and understandable. All through the book as I wasreading it, I was thinking yes, very true, and oh, dont do thatas each story somehow turned a twist. I had a fun time and a good laugh whilereading the book.

The languagewas very precise. I thought it was good how the style that the stories werewritten in were suitable for kids. The language and the way that the children inthe stories talked could associate to how normal kids talked and they wouldunderstand the language as if they were saying it themselves.

My favouritestory in the book was the story titled, Pucker Up. I think that I couldrelate to that story/situation the best. I thought the illustrations were verycute, nice, pretty and looked like by real kids. I could identify whichcharacter was which in the pictures automatically as I read the story.

This book is funny, comical anddisgusting, the qualities kids would look for in the story. (I would recommendto readers from 9 to 14.). This book would be great to read aloud to a classbecause it is interesting and wouldnt bore them

Mymy, aged 13, Adelaide, SouthAustralia