Book Review

       Book review

                                    

This book is a hilarious collection of far fetched, crazy, disgusting, evil, stupid and always RUDE stories set a fictitious version of Suburban Australia, told by young Andy, who is the BEST practical joker of all time… or so he thinks… Blocking his path are his parents, teachers and worst of all, his annoying older sister, Jen. With his dim-witted friend Danny, They leave a trail of destruction all over Australia…

The stories in this book range from pretending to be a robot then getting locked in the cupboard. to a lovely story about two boys deciding to have a day of fun with a fire hose…

Is this the right book for you? Take the SHOCKING TEST and find out.

Do you wish you could drive around in a monster truck crushing everybody and everything that gets in your way?

Do you love watching videos of people having painful accidents?

Do you do any – or all – of the following: touch electric fences, play with loaded mousetraps or put buttons up your nose?

Do you think stories about exploding pink butterflies are funny?

Do you ever laugh so hard that you feel like you're going to throw up all over yourself... and then you actually do?

SCORE: One point for each yes answer.

3-5: You are a shocking, shocking person! You will love this book.

1-2: You are quite shocking! You will love this book.

0: What a shocking score! You will love this book.

Rating: 5/5

Just Shocking! Is a beautifully composed entry in the internationally loved Just! Series, Written by Andy Griffiths, the creator of the New York Times bestseller The day my butt went psycho! and illustrated by Terry Denton.

By Will