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Henry Tumour
Anthony Mcgowan
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Description for Henry Tumour
Paperback. Hector Brunty, has a dilemma: a talking brain tumour. Henry Tumour advises Hector on haircuts, high-fashion, and tactics for snogging the best-looking girl in school, Uma Upshaw. Can Hector overpower his tumour in order to get what he really wants .. before they both go under the knife? Num Pages: 320 pages, Graphic novel section. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
From the Carnegie Medal winning author of Lark, comes Henry Tumour - winner of the 2006 BookTrust Teenage Prize.
It wasn't my choice: Henry was in charge.
As if school bullies and his mum's tofu sandwiches weren't enough for Hector Brunty, he now has another dilemma: a talking brain tumour.
Henry Tumour turns out to be the perfect alter-ego, advising Hector on haircuts, high-fashion, and tactics for snogging the best-looking girl in school, Uma Upshaw. Controlling his speech and brain chemicals is one thing, but soon Henry Tumour is trying to make more decisions about Hector's life ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Definitions (Young Adult)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099488231
SKU
V9780099488231
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About Anthony Mcgowan
Anthony McGowan was born in Manchester in 1965. Educated at a Catholic comprehensive, he won't say that his character's schooldays are exactly based on his own but he certainly writes from experience. Before turning to writing full-time, Anthony gained a PhD in Philosophy, worked as a nightclub bouncer, an Open University tutor, a journalist and a civil servant. He is ... Read more
Reviews for Henry Tumour
For style and wit, it is head and shoulders above most teen fiction published this year
Amanda Craig
The Times
I loved, loved, loved this book. It's vivid, it's anarchic, it's unbearably cool . . . It's also very, very funny. There were moments when I had to put it down because I was howling with laughter ... Read more
Amanda Craig
The Times
I loved, loved, loved this book. It's vivid, it's anarchic, it's unbearably cool . . . It's also very, very funny. There were moments when I had to put it down because I was howling with laughter ... Read more