Identity and belonging
Guy searches for an explanation of who he is after questioning his parentage and comparing himself with Bob-o.
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Sarah Weeks - Author
A humorous identity mystery about Guy’s doubts concerning his family, his friendship with Buzz, and the clues linking him to Bob-o. Its central appeal is curiosity about belonging and what makes a family seem ‘normal’.
Guy is convinced that the man and woman with whom he has lived all his life cannot possibly be what they claim to be--his parents. They're too weird! Would anyone else's mother tie-dye every pair of underwear in the house? Would anyone else's father perform the famous oyster trick by sucking an oyster up his nose with a horrible noise and spitting it out of his mouth--in a restaurant? No--except maybe the parents of the weirdest, craziest, most unappealing kid in Guy's whole class, Bob-o. But Bob-o's parents are as normal as parents come--just like Guy. This gives Guy food for thought, especially when he finds out that he and Bob-o have the same birthday, and were born in the same hospital! Guy and his best friend Buzz are determined to find out the truth about what really took place the day Guy and Bob-o were born. Readers will delight in Weeks's humorous yet sensitive handling of this classic adolescent phase--the search for identity.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA humorous identity mystery about Guy’s doubts concerning his family, his friendship with Buzz, and the clues linking him to Bob-o. Its central appeal is curiosity about belonging and what makes a family seem ‘normal’.
Guy searches for an explanation of who he is after questioning his parentage and comparing himself with Bob-o.
Guy sees his household’s unusual habits as evidence that his parents cannot be what they claim, while Bob-o’s parents appear conventional to him.
Guy and his best friend Buzz work together to discover what happened on the day Guy and Bob-o were born.
Guy’s uncertainty about his parentage and his strong judgements about unusual behaviour may merit attention.
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