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'A boy gets stranded on an island with his father. But he has three other problems: one, he has never seen his mother; two, he is forced to watch his father die; and three, he has nails growing all over him. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbearable_(short_story_collection))

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  • Also available in braille format.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Unbearable! : More Bizarre Stories Paul Jennings , Ringwood : Penguin , 1990 Z667933 1990 selected work children's fiction humour children's
    — Appears in: Absolut unfassbar! 1996;
    — Appears in: Absolut unglaublich! 2003;     'Where can you run when you're covered in toenails? Could smelly feet really put you to sleep? Why did Gary go to school with his head in a birdcage? How do you recover your opal when a goat has swallowed it? What was Splinter's job before he was born? You'll never guess. And you'll have to wait till the last page of each story to find out.' (Source: GoodReads)     Ringwood : Penguin , 1990
    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Rigby Heinemann , 1991 .
      Extent: 31p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Illustrated by Jill Carter Hansen.
      • Part of the Story Chest series.
      ISBN: 0731206053 (pbk.)
      Series: Story Chest Rigby Heinemann (publisher), Rigby Education (publisher), series - publisher
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Paul Jennings' Trickiest Stories Paul Jennings , Hawthorn : Penguin , 2008 Z1858189 2008 selected work children's fiction children's

    This special collection of Paul's trickiest stories proves yet again that he is the master of unexpected twists and turns!

         Hawthorn : Penguin , 2008     pg. 281-300
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Related Works

form y separately published work icon Round the Twist Paul Jennings , Esben Storm , Ray Boseley , Louise Fox , Robert Greenberg , Christine Madafferi , Chris Anastassiades , Seven Network (publisher), ( dir. Esben Storm et. al. )agent 1990 Fitzroy Australia : Seven Network Australian Children's Television Foundation , 1989-2001 Z1730103 1990 series - publisher film/TV children's fantasy

Tony Twist and his three children (thirteen-year-old twins Pete and Linda and nine-year-old Bronson) move to an old lighthouse on the rugged Australian coast. They soon discover that the lighthouse and the outhouse are haunted.
y separately published work icon Round the Twist : Featuring Pink Bow Tie and Nails Paul Jennings , Ringwood : Puffin , 1993 Z1051291 1993 selected work children's fiction children's
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