- Sue Townsend - British
- Wrote in secret from the age of 14
- Adrian Mole - encompassed nine books
- 5 sisters born in Leicester
- Got mumps and sent home - then became a fanatic reader
- Failed her 11 plus exams
- Witnessed a murder of a fell Student - was not believed
- Mrs Claricotes - based on the real teacher in Glen Hills Primary School
Main Points
- Young adult Book
- Comedic Fiction
- Focussed on the worst regret of a teen who believes himself to be an intellectual
- Set in 1981-1982
- Contextual Info - Wedding of Diana and Prince Charles, Prince William and Margaret Thatcher, one of his "worst enemies"
- Based like a diary
- Unreliable narration who naively yet confidently, misinterprets events around him
Plot Summary
- 13 3/4 to 15th Birthday
- Parental Martial problems
- pursues dream to be an intellectual and a writer
- Pandora - love of his life - smarter than him, her parents in higher income class
- Pandora falls for him, and his rebelliousness - wearing red socks against school rules.
- Together they form a committee to continue disruption
- Outbreak of acne - Adrian is scared to loose Pandora
- Problems - Bullied at school, increasing interest in sex, and his Parents
- Mum runs off with neighbour with neighbour
- Dad relationship with Dorian Slater (George)
- Dad loses job and sinks back to depression.
- Has a family dog
- Bart Baxter (old man)- helps Adrian - he moves in next door with Adrians neighbours 'The Singhs"
- Send poems to BBS - responses from John Tydeman - more amused than impressed with his determination.
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