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How Not to Be Weird

By: Dawn McNiff
Narrated by: Gregg Lowe
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Woody wants to get un-weird - and fast! And he'll find help in the most unlikely of places.

Woody is forever worried about being different. He thinks himself weird and a bit of a wuss, and two bullies, Della and Casey, make sure he doesn't forget that. It doesn't help that his mum is slightly bonkers. She dresses up as a sheep for a living - mostly for her job as a children's entertainer. And not to mention the fact that she forces Woody to wear old granny jumpers that she finds down the local charity shop. Gooner the dog doesn't help either, always getting Woody in some awkward, smelly and rather messy situations!

But Woody's got a plan to get unweird - and fast! Just in time for his first day at secondary school. He starts off with some rules...'Don't listen to Mum about anything to do with your life, ever'...and...'don't wear old lady clothes'. And with the help of his way more normal, yet rather extravagant GlamMa and the discovery of his dad's peculiar lucky charm, he soon finds a new sense of charm, un-weirdness and a heap load of shenanigans come his way!

©2016 Dawn McNiff (P)2021 Audible, Ltd Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Comedy Friendship Funny Witty
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Very fun and cool! I thought it was hilarious! Keep this awesome work up! I hope i found another book as good as this!

Relatable

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It was a perfect story and by the time I got to the third chapter I wished it would never finish

Amazing

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This took a couple of weeks of school runs, but I noticed quickly that both the 7- and the 13-year old were listening quite intently to the story of Woody, desperate to escape his primary school persona as a weirdo and become more like the dad he never knew, cool and charming. Can he manage that with a mum who buys him pink backpacks and sends him to school with hummus sandwiches?

Woody meets his Dad's mum for the first time and learns of his dad's lucky charm, a Rubik's cube that might just do what he needs - brings him a little luck and a chance to start again and be someone HE wants to be.

But is being someone else really what Woody wants?

This was great, narrated by a young-sounding voice that both my boys clearly felt sounded like a peer. The story and characters were realistic, the worries and escapades relatable. Every character got a moment to showcase their own point of view - Woody's mum and grandma, his friends, and of course Woody himself.

Really enjoyable for a wide audience, not too old for a 7 year old either.

Enveloping finding-identity school story

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I didn't dislike anything its was a wonderful story and I loved the conceptions and bonds with the characters and the development put in a think it was a wonderful story about being yourself and having a amazing adventure on the way !!!😊😁😁😁🙂🙂🙃🙃😊😊😊

how you can be wried and duffrent to have friends

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It was an Interesting book that taught you that it was important for you to be yourself 

Very funny

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