- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books; New edition edition (18 April 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 033035227X
- ISBN-13: 978-0330352277
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 274,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'A rare gift... a book whose appeal extends equally to adults.' The Guardian
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A companion book to "The Swap". This is a collection of ten stories about growing up in a northern town in the 1950s. The stories include an array of characters, some awkward situations, and a host of falsehoods.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Brilliantly funny,sad,evocative short stories, and as a supply teacher, this book is an essential part of my kit,as I can guarantee one of these tales at the end of the afternoon will have any group of junior children riveted. Special favourites are "Balaclava Boy" and the title story.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I LOVED THIS BOOK AS A KID. AT 10 YEARS OLD I READ THE WHOLE OF THIS BOOK IN ONE NIGHT,IT'S BRILLIANT.I'M NOW 18 AND I CAN STILL REMEMBER EVERY STORY IN IT.I ESPECIALLY LOVED ' THE BALACLAVA' STORY. IT'S NOT ONLY ENTERTAINING, BUT IT TEACHES MORALS TOO. SO IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A BOOK FOR YOUR KIDS...THIS IS IT!!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Boys do not read for fun like girls; this is probably true. Give this to your boys, read it to them and enjoy them enjoyoing fiction. Only the best quality writing will work and there is nothing better than this modern classic.
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easy reading
A very good book to read for boys and girls of ALL ages.The fib and other stories made me laugh aloud. I have read this book so many times and still find it as funny as the first.
Published 4 months ago by welsh mamgu
The Fib
The Fib by George Layton is a brilliant read, not too long and not too short with four or five short stories based upon a boy in junior school in the 1940's. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Charley Peacock
Superb ... and that's no lie!
I first came across George Layton's short stories when I took a BBC Schools radio broadcast in about the 1980's. I believe it was called Living Language. Read more
Published 14 months ago by G
Amazing!
I have just started reading this book and loving it already! I can't wait to get further in to this book. Read more
Published 16 months ago
Great resource for teachers
Have used this book with children in school for years. Children love the stories relating to the main character and his peers as they are told in with great humour. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Bookworm
the PERFECT book for BOYS who DON'T LIKE READING!!!
The perfect book for boys who don't like to read, they WILL like reading after recieving this!
Its a collection of short stories so therefore perfect for kids with a short... Read more
Its a collection of short stories so therefore perfect for kids with a short... Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2009 by T. Chinnock
funny,
brillaint book takes me back to my school days when i read this book, as you read this it reminds you of things we all have most probably done in our youth
Published on 13 Aug 2008 by gareth
great stories, simplistic writing
Lovely stories, very easy to read.
The language is very colloquial. There's a lot of simple dialogue. Read more
The language is very colloquial. There's a lot of simple dialogue. Read more
Published on 13 July 2008 by soapdish
Brilliant
I can only echo the excellent comments already left about this book. I was introduced to it at age 10 by my school teacher who read 'the balaclava boys' to us. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2006 by megamarble
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