John van de ruit5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The school is populated with eccentric teachers, sadistic prefects (older students who have authority over the new boys), and strict rules. ![]() Rounding out the dorm are boys named, or nicknamed, Simon, Fatty, Rambo, Mad Dog, and Boggo. Another boy, called Gecko, falls prey to every conceivable illness or mishap. One boy, Spud's cubicle-mate Vern, is someone who should clearly have been institutionalized, instead of just sent away to school. Together, he and his dorm-mates are called "The Crazy Eight" by the entire school. Spud (so-called because of his lack of physical development) ends up in a dorm with several unusual boys. Spud comes from a family that edges beyond quirky into the realm of dysfunctional, though he himself is fairly normal. Told in diary and letter format, Spud tells of John (Spud) Milton's first year at an elite boys' boarding school in 1990 South Africa. But I'm glad that Razorbill sent it to me, because it is laugh-out-loud funny. Spud, by John van de Ruit, is one of those books that I would probably never have picked up on my own. ![]()
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