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Expiry Date
Quentin and Andrew think it's pretty funny to tease Richard Corelli. Things go terribly wrong however, and Andrew finds himself haunted by a mysterious stranger. Could Andrew be approaching his "expiry date"?
45 pages, Paperback
First published December 4, 1997
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September 8, 2011
Expiry Date by Raewyn Caisley
When I went to my local school the teacher chose a number of children’s books that were popular among the children one being ‘Expiry Date’ a fictional book suitable for children aged 8-9. This book is about a young ‘overweight’ child (Richard) that is being bullied by a number of children in the class. Quentin and Andrew (the narrator of the book) are the main instigators of the bullying. After one specific day of substantial bullying Andrew begins to experience a series of strange happenings involving a strange figure, who Andrew presumed was the new school gardener. The strangest of these happenings was when Andrew’s forehead began to brandish a date (30-Jun-1999) which was an expiry date that he had given Richard because of his being overweight. On the days leading up to this date Andrew began to get very worried and sick but on the given date he returned to school to face his fear. When the teacher asks Richard to write the date on the board Andrew gets up and goes to write instead, until he faints. When he wakes up in the schools sick bay Quentin is in the bed next to him and experiencing stomach aches. Richard who is also there then says “maybe that’s from the doughnuts you stole from me that were past their expiry date”.
I found this short book to be a very interesting read because in only a short amount of pages it portrays a very good image of how bullying is bad and how if you do bully you will be punished. As well as this at the end of the book Andrew can be seen hanging around with Richard at school. This shows us (and more importantly the children) that bullies can change and feel remorse and ultimately become your friend. Even though this is a fictional book it is also very informative to kids about bullying and the affects of bullying. The awe and wonder of the fictional parts keep the children interested while subliminally teaching them a lesson.
When I went to my local school the teacher chose a number of children’s books that were popular among the children one being ‘Expiry Date’ a fictional book suitable for children aged 8-9. This book is about a young ‘overweight’ child (Richard) that is being bullied by a number of children in the class. Quentin and Andrew (the narrator of the book) are the main instigators of the bullying. After one specific day of substantial bullying Andrew begins to experience a series of strange happenings involving a strange figure, who Andrew presumed was the new school gardener. The strangest of these happenings was when Andrew’s forehead began to brandish a date (30-Jun-1999) which was an expiry date that he had given Richard because of his being overweight. On the days leading up to this date Andrew began to get very worried and sick but on the given date he returned to school to face his fear. When the teacher asks Richard to write the date on the board Andrew gets up and goes to write instead, until he faints. When he wakes up in the schools sick bay Quentin is in the bed next to him and experiencing stomach aches. Richard who is also there then says “maybe that’s from the doughnuts you stole from me that were past their expiry date”.
I found this short book to be a very interesting read because in only a short amount of pages it portrays a very good image of how bullying is bad and how if you do bully you will be punished. As well as this at the end of the book Andrew can be seen hanging around with Richard at school. This shows us (and more importantly the children) that bullies can change and feel remorse and ultimately become your friend. Even though this is a fictional book it is also very informative to kids about bullying and the affects of bullying. The awe and wonder of the fictional parts keep the children interested while subliminally teaching them a lesson.
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