Finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards
Junior Fiction category
Riley is short in stature - but when taunted about this, his response is “Yeah? Well, you’re ugly …. and I’ll grow”. Riley’s height challenge is the central plot in this story, but it is also about meeting life head on and being comfortable with yourself.
Riley has a couple of good mates and sport is a theme running through the story. He gets on well with his mother and father, although another of Riley’s life’s difficulties is their separation.
I wonder if Michelle Kelly has got the 14 year old Riley exactly right, but it is a witty book, and I can imagine it being enjoyed by readers from Year 7 and up.
Reviewed by Beth
Published by Scholastic
5 comments:
it is a boring book and i did not enjoy it at all but the front page picture is cool:(
It is a cool book but made me cry because it is a emotional book about bulling:(
I am crying in the sad face!
I was a cool book and I enjoyed it and would read it again and again and again etc.
By Nathan and Hugh
It is a cool book!
Hugh and Nathan wrote all of the above comments we have decided not to be anonymous anymore because it is a cool book and we love it soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much.
By Hugh and Nathan :) we are smiling lol!
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