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When Rupert's parents go to Great Uncle Perry's funeral, Rupert spends the day with his Great Aunt Ada, along with his unruly puppy, Roly. Great Aunt Ada is determined to teach Rupert some manners. Rupert thinks the day is going to be awful until hemeets Gordon, a very rude parrot. Gorden is even worse than Great Aunt Ada, and he bosses Rupert and Roly so much that they tidy the whole house. They are relieved to get back home, but they do remember their manners!
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Anne Fine read Politics and History at Warwick and then became a teacher. Her first novel was published in 1975 and today she is one of the UK's most successful children's writers. She has won many awards including two Carnegie Medals, the Guardian Fiction Prize, two Whitbread Prizes and a Smarties Prize. GOGGLE EYES was serialised on TV and MADAME DOUBTFIRE became a hit Hollywood movie. Anne lives in County Durham.
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RUPERT'S MOTHER AND father had to go to Great Uncle Percy's funeral. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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RUPERT'S MOTHER AND father had to go to Great Uncle Percy's funeral. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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Format:Paperback
This book has a story that goes nowhere until the last 3 chapters. A little boy with a puppy is left with his grumpy great aunt for the day. She complains about his manners while being abominably rude herself. A whole chapter is devoted to the boy being given the vacuum cleaner and told to vacuum in straight lines - zzzzzzzz! The only reason I read the whole book and didn't give up was that it was my daughter's set reading and she was finding it too dull to carry on reading herself.
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This book claims to be a light hearted look at relationships between different generations. In reality it is about a child who's parents can't be bothered to help him understand death and funerals and have no interest in looking after his education or welfare leaving him with a totally unsuitable care giver for a day. The book suggests that a child being forced to spend the day with an old woman who despite claiming to be very keen on manners is downright rude to him for the whole day. Worse still the vicious old woman thinks it is acceptable (and the book doesn't lead the reader to disagree) to lock a puppy in a room were he is constantly screamed at by (which I think is why it is supposed to be funny) a foul mouthed parrot. The end result of this is that the puppy is left as a quivering wreck, which the book suggests is fine because he's much more obedient now. I wouldn't let my children read it and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
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