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|summary=Completely daft and very readable!
It's hard to pitch the age group this would be best for. I'm sure plenty of nine year olds would love it, but I'm not sure how comfortable I'd be if my son was nine and reading about a boy pimping out a feel of his sister's boobs to another boy in his class! Of course, that bit is in there to shock and be taboo and delight all those silly, silly boys, but then the mother in me, and the feminist in me, did feel uncomfortable reading that part. I still feel a bit awkward when I think about it now. Even though Martin is unsuccessful in his pimping (and he's only doing it in a desperate attempt to get someone to stick up for him against the class bullies) it still feels like the jarring point in an otherwise really great book.
I loved everything about the imaginary friends and all the rituals invented for them. I also felt that it captured the horror of bullying, but without being terribly serious and dull about it all. Had it not been for the boobs misdemeanor misdemeanour this would have been a sure five -star book for me! Plenty of fun, and a good long book to keep your little bookworm quiet for a while!
We also have a review of [[Moone Boy 2: The Fish Detective by Chris O'Dowd and Nick Vincent Murphy|the next book in the series]]. Anyone enjoying this would probably like to look at [[The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon]] or [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney]].
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