The Synopsis.

This book is 'The Anti-bullying Guide' that manages to deliver a witty, sarcastic and sensitive read, on how to deal with 'Your Bullies' - it is also written by a child. It's realistic and full of wisdom, considering the author’s age.

The two book stars 'Billy and Ethan' bring the book to life with their different scenarios of 'Skool' life, that makes you feel you are there with them.

Billy and Ethan are two delicious characters who make you want to meet and know them again and again, they try their very, very best to get their message across on how to deal with 'YOUR BULLIES'



A Tweet about this ‘Skool Survival’ guide caught my attention, and I tracked down the 11-year-old author, keen to congratulate him on such an amazing accomplishment. Bullied in school, Harrison wrote the book as a way to help both himself and others. I knew the book would be an inspiring and useful read & review for my beloved Year Six class – themselves aged 10 and 11.
All the reviews were great, but I couldn’t publish them all and I ended up choosing six. Here are their wonderful words:

‘The Little Dudes’ Skool Survival Guide is about a boy who goes through bullying in his school life so he writes a book about to survive in school. I would rate this book 4 or 5 stars. I would recommend this book to my little cousin, because he is only in Year 1 so he will need to learn how to survive school in the future. 
     My favourite part of the book was when he mentioned the girl part, believe me girls are not like that and we are awesome! So that was my favourite part. The most exciting part of the book was the quizzes. I would change nothing about this story it was amazing!  - Holly Broadbent.

This book can be an extremely helpful book if you are having a bad time at school, and if not, it’s still a great book to read.  If you are still in Primary I would recommend this book to you, it could really help you out in a sticky situation. 
     This book is about two boys called Billy and Ethan who will tell you funny stories and give you excellent quizzes while teaching you how to be safe at school. In this book there will be scripts so you and a few of your friends could read it together. My favourite part of the book is when Billy thinks the laptop is fixed and says; “What does it say here?” On the screen it says: ‘This computer is overloaded and vulnerable to viruses, emergency self-destruct, KAAABBBOOOMMM!!!’
     This book is nice and simple to read, there are no tricky words so if you are not a confident reader this is fine to read.
 I enjoyed this book it was quite funny and I would like to read another of his books.  -  Jonty Bregazzi.

My review today is about a book called ‘The Little Dudes’ Skool Survival Guide. I gave it four stars because the author’s writing was fun and easy to read. The book was inspiring to me as I am in Year 6 and nearly going to High School! We had fun reading this book but the girls and I were a bit offended about what he had said about girls. I would have given it 5 stars!
     My favourite part was when the computer blew up – it went ‘Kaboom!’ It was so funny. I love this book because it’s got lots of funny parts! I would recommend this book to ten and over because it’s about moving up to High School. This book is written in a way that is easy for us at our age to read. - Alicia Nash.

This brilliant book is hilarious and exciting. And it’s amazing that the author is only 12 – 13 years old. This book includes fun quizzes, quotes, puzzles and raw rating. It tells you about the types of people like Heroes, Outcasts, Muscles, Specifics, Fair Players and Peacocks. It also tells you how to survive school without being bullied. 
     I didn’t really think this book was the best book in the world, but it was really good, and I think kids over 8 would like it. My favourite quote was; ‘children like you and me, running around, sometimes hurting each other and telling each other off, shouting all the time.’ I recommend this book to 8 year olds – it was easy to read.  – William Boyd.

‘The Little Dudes’ Skool Survival Guide was really helpful and I’ll try to put it to good use for this year and the years ahead. I’m a bit annoyed about the description of girls, I mean not at girls are like that! Except for that it was amazing I loved the pictures and it’s so cool how it was written by a kid who’s just like us. If it was written by an adult it wouldn’t be as good advice. I would recommend it to Yr 2 – Yr 9 as it’s full of info for both Primary School and High School. The only thing I can say is buy this book! – Megan Woods.

What I liked about this outstanding Survival Guide is that it really helps you, it’s good when you’re heading to High School, ‘cos of all the useful tips and advice. My favourite quote was ‘nice one Billy.’
 Also with ‘The Little Dudes’ Skool Survival Guide is it has story to it as well which makes it more interesting.
      I thought raw rating was rather funny, and Billy and Ethan. The illustrations were highly good.
      This book calmed me down a bit because some people in Year 6 dread High School ‘cos of pressure and strictness with teachers and so on, but I’m not as scared now. I loved ‘The Little Dudes’ Skool Survival Guide, and its helped me understand a bit more about school life.  – Aidan Gillen.