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Toad Rage (Down to Earth) (Paperback)

by Morris Gleitzman (Author) "'Uncle Bart,' said Limpy ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Puffin; Re-issue edition (8 Oct 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141306556
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141306551
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.4 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 68,876 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Uncle Bart," said Limpy, "Why do humans hate us?"

Uncle Bart looked down at Limpy, and smiled fondly.

"Stack me, Limpy," he chuckled, "you are an idiot."

Limpy, a slighty squashed cane toad, is struggling to get to grips with the idea that humans really hate him and his kind, and refuses to bow down to the popular cane toad "that's life" philosophy that has led to the severe flattening of far too many of his uncles. So, he decides to take things into his own hands and embarks on a journey across Australia in the hope that he can change the minds of the whole human race.

Morris Gleitzman's Toad Rage is a superbly wry, dry and outrageously funny take on the coming-of-age journey. As Limpy does battle with the dusty outback tracks and the danger-ridden streets of the Big City the reader is swept along with his quest for absolute understanding, living and breathing every moment of the always insightful and occasionally terrifying journey into the unknown.

Limpy, with his squished limbs and fine collection of very flat uncles, is a sweet and determined youngster whose inquisitive nature and total belief is typically indicative of a Gleitzman hero. Indeed, Gleitzman pulls off this funny, sensitive and totally absorbing story with the heart-warming (and occasionally heart-rending) aplomb that will be familiar to any reader who has read Two Weeks with The Queenor his stunning Rowena Batts trilogy. And as usual, he doesn't offer any nice, neat answers but instead allows his characters, and the reader, to come to their own conclusions about whether or not the battle is worth the effort.

Gleitzman is simply a superb author who deserves to be read and enjoyed, and with Toad Rage he pulls off another quirky winner that children will love, and adults will surely be tempted by.--Age 9 and over.



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Limpy can't understand why humans hate all cane toads so much - they even squash them with their cars. He is determined to save his own family from ending up as flat as place mats. He sets off on a 'mucas-chillingly dangerous and wart-tinglingly daring journey' and risks everything to make humans see that cane toads are really very nice.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bufo marinus strikes back, 7 May 2002
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This is an incredibly funny book; we couldn't help reading the most hilarious parts to each other all the time, like the wonderful moment when Limpy wonders how you could describe someone who tries to wee on passing trucks as sensible.

But it's also amazingly sad and moving. Time and time again, brave Limpy's honest and heroic search for tolerance and welcome is met with brutality and incomprehension. Okay, he IS a toad, and the book is amusing about those aspects of toads that people find strangely offputting, like warts and poison, but Limpy is also every bit as much a hero as Hazel in Watership Down (and of course Aussies don't like rabbits much either.) Not only great fun; also a touching plea for tolerance.

A mother and seven-year-old son wrote this together; we both read the book, but separately.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Adorable and fun, 31 Dec 2006
By Palastano "Pal" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
This book is a must read. The book is based around a cane toad called Limpy who wishes the world would stop running over Cane toads. So when the Sydney Olympics come round he sets out on a quest to become the mascot for the Olympics. This is something that will make you laugh out loud and make you want to read it again and again!
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5.0 out of 5 stars it's great, 5 Feb 2002
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Toad rage is really funny and grose we laughed all the way through.It was funny when limpy stacked all his dead relitives on a pile in his room.I thought limpy's best friend Goliath was the funniest he tried to attack a lorry with a stick.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is great!
My son, James (aged 8) has been demanding to read and be read to for the last week and a bit. The world of Limpy the Cane Toad is wonderful and he has adored his antics and... Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2001 by parkylondon

2.0 out of 5 stars A by-the-numbers children's book
Unfortunately, despite a fairly interesting premise the plot seems to have been contrived as the book was written. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Toad Rage is the best book about toads I've ever read
Toad Rage is about a toad called Limpy who sets out to find out why humans hate cane toads. He fails in this quest to make humans like toads better because they continue to think... Read more
Published on 4 Jul 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book In The WORLD!
I like toad rage . It's about Limpy going to the sydney Olimpic games and he want's to find out why humans hate Cane toads
Published on 5 April 2000

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