Monsterbook: Pongdollop and the School Stink

Mar 31, 2025 4:05 PM

Author:Michael Broad

Pongdollop wants his fellow monsters to join him in an uprising – and his secret weapon is a real stinker! Urk and Will have sniffed him out, but can they stop this smelly scoundrel from taking over the world?

Reviews

The narrators speak so amusingly that everyone from seven to fourteen feels included . . . Wilson addresses the issues in a light-hearted but sensible way

—— Adele Geras , TES

As usual Wilson gets right inside her characters and their feelings, portraying them with understanding and sympathy . . . An excellent and timely book

—— Kids Out, Book of the Month

Describes the mingled paranoia and derring-do of den-makers everywhere with evil glee

—— Amanda Craig , The Times

Packs some powerful political punches...But Blackman never compromises the story, which is dramatic, moving and brave

—— Guardian

Inter-racial teenage love has never been more painful

—— Amanda Craig , The Times

Jacqueline Wilson has the knack of focusing on problems in a child's life with humour and sensitive intuition

—— Books for your Children

Another winner by Jacqueline Wilson with all the wit and verve that we now associate with this author. Impossible to put down, children will love it

—— The School Librarian

Jacqueline Wilson has a distinctive narrative style with her spunky and articulate young heroines . . . A funny, punchy and quite moving read

—— Bookseller

This is a brilliant book!

—— Scribbler

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