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Michael Hardy has a knack of landing himself in trouble. From watching the town fire truck sink in the sewage pond, to kidnapping garden gnomes and suffering the indignity of a wardrobe malfunction in front of the whole school, Michael and his friend Woody go from one misadventure to another. In the meantime, Michael has made a start on his future career - as a novelist. Chapters of his high-action spy novel are sprinkled throughout this tale, adding to the humour of the whole.
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A Fine Mess
Fremantle
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Folio
Fremantle Press
,
2004
Z1133101
2004
single work
novel
humour
young adult
'Michael Hardy and Woody Decker have a talent for creating disaster. While testing a replica Roman catapult they accidentally fire a brick through the church window, and so a month of mayhem is unleashed. The school library burns down, the principal is knocked unconscious, a huge dog runs amok, a wedding is totally wrecked and a regiment of garden gnomes is massacred. Could anything else go wrong?Uproariously funny and witheringly witty, A Fine Mess! will have you laughing out loud and begging for mercy.' (Publication summary)
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 2 2008; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Another Fine Mess 002 2007 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 2 2008; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Another Fine Mess 002 2007 single work children's fiction
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