- Paperback: 154 pages
- Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd; New edition edition (13 May 1982)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0416247105
- ISBN-13: 978-0416247107
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 142,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Forced to go to school one more year to graduate, Pennington seems alternately bent on proving he is the thug most of his teachers consider him and the gifted pianist the music master says he is.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the first in the Pennington trilogy, followed by the Beethoven Medal, and Pennington's Heir. If you love K M Peyton on teenagers this is for you, no horses, music and a teenage boy for all to fall in love with. I've been growing up reading these books for years and they are still fantastic. To really set the scene I recomend Fly by Night and the Team first as they introduce horse mad Ruth who is destined to fall in love with Pennington. But this first book concentrates on Pennington's loutish antics and school life, along side his incredible musical ability.
All the books in this trilogy and worth their weight in gold. A hero for any girl to fall in love with.
All the books in this trilogy and worth their weight in gold. A hero for any girl to fall in love with.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read it (as an adult) many years ago and felt that yes, Peyton had created a young hero for every teenage girl to fall in love with! Mean, moody and physically compelling. You hold your breath as tearaway Pat, (who actually doesn't know which he prefers music or football), gets himself into all sorts of appalling scrapes - from fights to breaking the law. I suppose the content's a bit dated now for kids today - early 70s - but still a good read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed reading about Pennington's exciting adventures, with his friends and in his rickety sailing boat. It was also exciting the time he borrowed father's motorbike, to make a mad rush into shool before he's too late for something extremely important. This story has some wonderfully written characters in it, who are very realistic and larger than life. They seem very lifelike and the story is rather involving. It makes you want to keep on turning the pages, right the way through. The storyline about pennington's piano lessons with his pushy teacher is inspiring and the outcome teaches a good lesson about hard work paying off. It also shows a kind of transition from boyhood to manhood. The story also possesses a kind of message that says that things don't allways turn out how you expected, but that's not allways a bad thing! Untill reading the other reviews here i didn't know that there were sequels following this book, but i may have to read them now!
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