I Am Leather-Man By Ged Maybury Paperback 0908561857 I Am Leather Man Jake is fed up with his wealthy parents divorce, and having to leave his home and school when their house is sold. Theyre so busy with their own lives they dont realise hes slipped out of the arrangements theyve made for him, and is living alone in his mothers new house while shes down country at uni. Maybe if he just stays on (and tells a few fibs), everyone will finally stop messing with his life. But thats when his adventures and troubles really begin. This story, set in todays Auckland, is funny, fast and full of surprises.

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Ged Maybury is a childrens book author He was born in Christchurch New Zealand in 1953 spent his childhood in Dunedin and has been based in Australia since 2002 He has been writing books for children and young adults since 1984 He was a finalist in the AIM New Zealand Childrens Book Awards 1994 with The Triggerstone and in the NZ Post Childrens Book Awards 2001 1 with Crab Apples He writes science fiction in particular of the steampunk subgenre and humour Ged Maybury is a children s book author He was born in Christchurch New Zealand in 1953 spent his childhood in Dunedin and has been based in Australia since 2002 He has been writing books for children and young adults since 1984 He was a finalist in the AIM New Zealand Children s Book Awards 1994 with The Triggerstone and in the NZ Post Children s Book Awards 2001 1 with Crab Apples He writes science fiction in particular of the steampunk subgenre and humour site_link I have been lucky enough to meet this charismatic and entertaining author on several occasions now and each time he s commented that he knows my name from somewhere When it struck him on our last meeting that he d used the name for a character in one of his earlier books this book I of course had to read it The story is light and easy and the cringey kind of funny where things are going wrong and you can just see that it s all going to end in disaster but you re invested now so you have to see things out The narrator Jake is a sheltered self entitled teen whose parents divorce is such a huge inconvenience to him that he breaks the trust of all his significant adults and camps out in an empty house for two weeks One little white lie rolls into another until he s juggling cover stories promises he can t keep the responsibilities of maintaining a house on a shoestring budget his schoolwork AND all the emotional upheaval of being a new kid at school and falling in love for the first time Enter Shayla I m predisposed to like her what can I say Jake falls head over heels for her despite that she s not particularly sympathetic or encouraging and struggles to keep all the rest of his escalating disasters in line so they don t impede on the progress he s making with her Fun story I think it would be most enjoyed by teens 149

I Am Leather-Man By Ged Maybury

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Jake is fed up with his wealthy parents divorce and having to leave his home and school when their house is sold They re so busy with their own lives they don t realise he s slipped out of the arrangements they ve made for him and is living alone in his mother s new house while she s down country at uni Maybe if he just stays on and tells a few fibs everyone will finally stop messing with his life But that s when his adventures and troubles really begin This story set in today s Auckland is funny fast and full of surprises I Am Leather Man.