SuitabookFairness and perspective
Norm interprets recurring events as evidence that life is unfair, including blame and difficulties involving family and friends.
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Jonathan Meres - Author
This is comic fiction about Norm’s difficult day-to-day world: blame, family embarrassments, moving house, bodily jokes and a friend’s apparent changes.
Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he got blamed for global warming. And that's just the tip of the iceberg ... It seems like the whole world has gone mad. His dad's obsessed with gas, his best friend has come down with a case of hormones and his brother is in dire need of deodorant. Looks like there's going to be quite a stink. Is life still unfair for Norm ABSO-FLIPPING-LUTELY! Jonathan Meres follows up May Contain Nuts and May Cause Irritation with another laugh-out-loud story about Norm, a boy who can't understand why everything always seems unfair ...
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is comic fiction about Norm’s difficult day-to-day world: blame, family embarrassments, moving house, bodily jokes and a friend’s apparent changes.
Norm interprets recurring events as evidence that life is unfair, including blame and difficulties involving family and friends.
Norm faces family-related embarrassment, moving-house circumstances and a best friend who appears to be behaving differently.
Consider whether the child would enjoy repeated bodily and embarrassment-based jokes, and whether family disruption or a friend seeming to change could prompt questions alongside the comedy.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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