A Fine Mess

by Norman Jorgensen

Michael Hardy and his friend, Woody Decker, are just ordinary teenage boys who happen to have a talent for creating disaster. It all begins when in the course of testing a replica Roman catapult they have built for a school project they accidentally fire a brick through a church window. And so a month of mayhem is unleashed. The school library burns down, the school principal is knocked unconscious and a regiment of garden gnomes is massacred. Could anything else go wrong? Yes, a thousand times yes! As punishment Michael and Woody are forced to join the Bright Sparks, the fire brigade cadets. Could anything be more uncool? Only if you count starring roles in Romeo and Juliet, the school play in which the entire cast forget their lines and debacle descends into utter chaos. But alls well that ends well when Michael scores the hottest chick in the whole school. Uproariously funny and witheringly witty, A Fine Mess will have kids everywhere laughing out loud and begging for mercy.

192 pages, Paperback

First published July 31, 2004

About the author

Norman was born in Broome in 1954, the eldest of four brothers, and lived in several country towns throughout Western Australia during his childhood. At the age of ten his family moved to Kalamunda, in the hills above Perth. Norman became an avid reader after being given The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton at age seven. His love affair with books has never ended and for the past twenty-five years Norman has worked in the book trade. He and his wife Jan, a school librarian, are currently restoring an old federation house near the city. They have five goldfish named Errol Fin, Elizabeth Taylor, David Blowie, Salmon Rushdie and Wanda and Norman spends his spare time reading and watching old movies and enjoys travelling, woodworking and photography.

Reviews

[Rylie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I havn't finished yet but it is very funny a dude moones a judje ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha