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Paul Jennings (1) (1943–)

Autor(a) de Unreal!

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113+ Works 4,472 Membros 49 Críticas 2 Favorited

About the Author

Australian writer, Paul Jennings was born in England on April 30, 1943. He moved to Australia when he was six years old. He attended Frankston Teachers College and became a teacher. He then attended Lincoln Institute and became a speech pathologist. In 1989, he decided to become a full-time writer. mostrar mais His first title Unreal!, winner of a Young Australians' Best Book Award (YABBA), was published in 1985. His other works include the Singenpoo series, the Wicked! series, the Deadly! series, and The Nest. He has won numerous awards including the Kids Reading Oz Choice Award, the Books I Like Best Yearly Award, the Angus and Robertson Bookworld Award and a COOL Award for his title The Paw Thing. He also received the Golden Puffin Award in 1992 for selling 1 million books in Australia. In addition to writing, he visits school and lectures at conferences and seminars on encouraging children to read. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Paul Jennings

Unreal! (1985) 299 exemplares
Uncanny! (1988) 230 exemplares
Undone! (1993) 202 exemplares
Unmentionable! (1991) 184 exemplares
Unbearable! (1990) 176 exemplares
Uncovered! (1995) 139 exemplares
The Gizmo (1994) 138 exemplares
Quirky Tails! (1987) 136 exemplares
Unseen! (1998) 113 exemplares
Wicked: All Six Books In One (1997) 112 exemplares
The Paw Thing (Puffin Books) (1583) 104 exemplares
The Cabbage Patch Fib (1988) 101 exemplares
Deadly!: All six books in one! (2001) — Autor — 92 exemplares
Round the Twist (1990) 86 exemplares
The Gizmo Again (1995) 85 exemplares
Tongue-Tied! (1600) 79 exemplares
Come Back Gizmo (1758) 66 exemplares
Wicked! Part 2: Battering Rams (1997) 57 exemplares
The Nest (2009) 52 exemplares
The Many Adventures of Singenpoo (2002) 48 exemplares
Wicked! Part 1: The Slobberers (1997) 48 exemplares
The Cabbage Patch War (1996) 47 exemplares
Singenpoo Strikes Again (1757) 47 exemplares
Paul Jennings' Weirdest Stories (2006) 46 exemplares
Paul Jennings' Spookiest Stories (2007) 45 exemplares
Thirteen Unpredictable Tales! (1996) 44 exemplares
Deadly! Book 1: Nude (2000) — Autor — 41 exemplares
Sink the Gizmo! (1732) 41 exemplares
Spooner or Later (1992) 40 exemplares
Deadly! Book 4: Hunt (2001) — Autor — 39 exemplares
Wicked! Part 3: Croaked (1997) 39 exemplares
Wicked! Part 4: Dead Ringer (1997) 39 exemplares
Wicked! Part 5: The Creeper (1997) 38 exemplares
Singenpoo Shoots Through (1999) 36 exemplares
Rascal the Dragon (2004) 36 exemplares
Uncooked! - Three Stories (2005) 31 exemplares
Deadly! Book 5: Grope (2001) — Autor — 25 exemplares
The Cabbage Patch Pong (2003) 24 exemplares
Rascal in Trouble (2004) 24 exemplares
Deadly! Book 3: Stiff (2000) — Autor — 24 exemplares
Don't Look Now 1 (2013) 23 exemplares
Singenpoos Secret Weapon (2001) 23 exemplares
A Different Dog (2017) 22 exemplares
Rascal's Trick (2004) 19 exemplares
Deadly! Book 2: Brats (2000) — Autor — 18 exemplares
Grandad's Gifts (1992) 17 exemplares
Almost Undone (2007) 17 exemplares
The Cabbage Patch Curse (2004) 17 exemplares
Rascal Takes Off (2004) 16 exemplares
Unforgettable What's His Name (2016) 15 exemplares
Don't Look Now 2 (2013) 14 exemplares
Don't look now. Book 3 (2013) 12 exemplares
Rascal At The Show (2005) 11 exemplares
stories to get students reading (1998) 10 exemplares
Duck for Cover (1994) 10 exemplares
Unstoppable!: Mad mad stories (1997) 9 exemplares
Feast of Days (1982) 8 exemplares
A Different Land (2019) 7 exemplares
A Different Boy (2018) 7 exemplares
Eye of Evil (1986) 7 exemplares
Rascal Goes Fishing (2006) 7 exemplares
Little Rascal to the Rescue (2006) 6 exemplares
Rascal and Little Flora (2005) 6 exemplares
Rascal and the Monster (2006) 6 exemplares
Rascal and the Cheese (2005) 5 exemplares
Incredibile! (1996) 5 exemplares
Rascal and the dragon droppings (2006) 4 exemplares
Maggot (1992) 4 exemplares
Unreal! AND Uncanny! (1985) 4 exemplares
Rascal and the hot air balloon (2005) 3 exemplares
Katten kunnen niet lezen (1991) 3 exemplares
Rascal runs away (2010) 3 exemplares
Superdiary 96 (1995) 3 exemplares
The Spitting Rat (1999) 2 exemplares
Dodelijk ! (2001) 2 exemplares
Teacher-eater (1991) 2 exemplares
Rascal plays up (2009) 2 exemplares
Que desfeita! (2011) 2 exemplares
Come Back Gizmo Poster (2002) 2 exemplares
Flutter (1990) 2 exemplares
Three Stories 1 exemplar
Unbearable! AND Undone! (2003) 1 exemplar
CORAGEM 1 exemplar
Rascal and the bad smell (2010) 1 exemplar
Contos Coragem 1 exemplar
Rascal The Dragon Collection (2004) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Mystery Stories: An Intriguing Collection (1996) — Contribuidor — 85 exemplares
Love Stories (1997) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares

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I felt bad going into this because I caught myself thinking, 'What if Paul can't sustain a novel-length story? What if short stories are his pace, and he runs out of steam?'

Dear past Lauren: you're an idiot.

This is a cracking read, with the usual great Jennings humour and creepiness and relatability. I initially thought that with the gang and the dare it would be 'A Good Tip For Ghosts' the extended dance remix. Again, past Lauren is an idiot. Nobody should listen to her. There's way more to this book than that.

The author's note at the end was a nice little bonus: 'I didn't make [character spoiler] an Aboriginal man because it is not my right to tell that story.' After talking with Ambelin Kwaymullina at last year's Continuum, the importance of Aboriginal culture and storytelling, down to who has the right to use which parts of language, has been on my mind and I appreciate Paul's respect of that.
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LaurenThemself | 2 outras críticas | Feb 20, 2024 |
I never much liked Jennings and Gleitzman books. They were super popular with my classmates but I always just found them creepy.

Dawn and Rory hate each other. Unfortunately for them their parents, Jack (Dawn's dad) and Eileen (Rory's mum) are getting married. But they have to work together to save their parents when Rory finds his pets, the slobberers, are killing machines, sucking the life from anything they come into contact with and he put some in their honeymoon stew as a protest against their marriage.

This wasn't well written. All the characters are flat and there's a ton of backstory but all of which is lacking explanation. Dawn's mum apparently killed herself. On a bus. While other people were on it - one of whom was Rory. Rory's dad left his mum and him and never calls or writes or visits. There was no depth to the characters and every fact just brought up more questions.

And frankly I just didn't care. It was creepy and disgusting and I just wanted it to be over. 1 star.
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funstm | 1 outra crítica | Dec 1, 2022 |

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Obras
113
Also by
2
Membros
4,472
Popularidade
#5,606
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Críticas
49
ISBN
667
Línguas
11
Marcado como favorito
2

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