The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

Nov 17, 2024 3:38 PM

Author:Sue Townsend

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole is the second book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series.

Sunday July 18th

My father announced at breakfast that he is going to have a vasectomy. I pushed my sausages away untouched.

In this second instalment of teenager Adrian Mole's diaries, the Mole family is in crisis and the country is beating the drum of war. While his parents have reconciled after both embarked on disastrous affairs, Adrian is shocked to learn of his mother's pregnancy.

And even though at the mercy of his rampant hormones and the fickle whims of the divine Pandora, a victim of a broken home and his own tortured (though unrecognised) genius, Adrian continues valiantly to chronicle the pains and pleasures of a misspent adolescence.

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'Funny, moving and a poke in the eye for adult morality' Sunday Express

'Written with great verve, and showing an uncanny understanding of the young, Sue Townsend holds the balance between innocence and precocity and the result is both hilarious and salutary' Daily Telegraph

'Life's no fun for an adolescent intellectual. For the reader it's a hoot' New Statesman

Reviews

Every sentence is witty and well thought out, and the whole has reverberations beyond itself

—— The Times

One of literature's most endearing figures. Mole is an excellent guide for all of us

—— Observer

Adrian Mole will be remembered some day as one of England's great diarists

—— Evening Standard

The funniest, most bitter-sweet book you're likely to read this year

—— Daily Mirror

Adventure, humour, bold illustrations and manageable text make this an ideal book for reading aloud or reading alone.

—— Toppsta review

Favourite scenes include a ride in a hot air balloon, suspended from a wonderful variety of inflatables, and another in the stinkiest cave in fiction. Lots of fun, this is one to recommend to readers who like their adventures wild, wacky and full of invention(s).

—— LoveReading4Kids

Give this book to the future scientist in your life!

—— Jennifer L. Holm, New York Times bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish

A fast-paced, science-filled caper.

—— The Wall Street Journal

An entertaining and thoughtful exploration of perseverance, friendship, creativity, and identity.

—— Publishers Weekly

This story is packed with excitement and has a brilliant heroine in Max.

—— The Week Junior

If anyone's going to save the planet it will have to be the next generation, and this book could be the inspiration they need. As with lots of Patterson's children's books, this is smart, funny and fast moving, with real heart.

—— Andrea Reece

This contemporary story is perfect for today's readers ... Max is a superb role model, feisty and determined and super-intelligent. Science, mystery, friendship, creativity – this book has so much to offer.

—— Parents in Touch

The series combines fast-paced adventure with an invitation for readers to consider some of the most critical problems facing our planet today, and to believe that, through creative thinking, STEM skills, and a willingness to work together, they might be part of the generation to solve them.

—— Teach Secondary

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