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100% Hero
Freddy the werewolf boy must come to the rescue again when his father is captured in wolf form and put in the zoo Freddy Lupin's noble werewolf family is in trouble again. A TV reporter has captured Freddy's dad and put him in the zoo, and strange visitors are snooping around Farfang Castle, looking for the mysterious Blavendoch. Before he can protest, Freddy is packed off to camp. He's looking forward to all the extreme sports adventures—until he's handed pink tights and dainty ballet slippers. Freddy has a face the ghostly blood-sucking demon outside . . . or dance. Great horned toads! How's Freddy going to get out of this one?
282 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2009
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Jayne Lyons
7 books12 followersJayne Lyons is an internationally published children’s author, who loves to write irreverent page-turning comedy action. Her books 100% Wolf and 100% Hero (Penguin Random House) follow the tribulations and triumphs of Freddy Lupin the heir to a proud family line of werewolves. Desperate to become a werewolf himself, Freddy is in for a shock when on his birthday his first “transwolfation” goes awry, turning him into a ferocious… pink poodle.
2020 will see the release of an animated family feature film 100% Wolf adapted from the book, by Flying Bark productions. A spin-off series will also be released in co-production with Australian broadcaster; ABC and Germany’s number one channel for family entertainment SUPER RTL.
In 2019, Jayne’s latest book Z for Zanto will be published as a not for profit endeavour in conjunction with the charity Save the Children (Vivid Publishing). It tells the story of a zombie kid who just wants to play football. The fast-paced action follows Zanto’s fight to live his dream, while working as a powerful allegory for the plight of child refugees.
Jayne also writes for adults under the name J.F. Lyons.
Born and raised in Liverpool, UK, Jayne combines the unlikely loves of nineteenth-century English literature with being a sport tragic – especially football. Jayne has travelled the world with her day job as a geologist and has seen the challenges facing underprivileged children in the developing world first hand. She moved to Australia in 2005 and now works in combating climate change by offsetting carbon emissions.”
2020 will see the release of an animated family feature film 100% Wolf adapted from the book, by Flying Bark productions. A spin-off series will also be released in co-production with Australian broadcaster; ABC and Germany’s number one channel for family entertainment SUPER RTL.
In 2019, Jayne’s latest book Z for Zanto will be published as a not for profit endeavour in conjunction with the charity Save the Children (Vivid Publishing). It tells the story of a zombie kid who just wants to play football. The fast-paced action follows Zanto’s fight to live his dream, while working as a powerful allegory for the plight of child refugees.
Jayne also writes for adults under the name J.F. Lyons.
Born and raised in Liverpool, UK, Jayne combines the unlikely loves of nineteenth-century English literature with being a sport tragic – especially football. Jayne has travelled the world with her day job as a geologist and has seen the challenges facing underprivileged children in the developing world first hand. She moved to Australia in 2005 and now works in combating climate change by offsetting carbon emissions.”
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November 7, 2022
100% Hero
This isn't anything like the tv shows. It is so much better! I love the character of Batty and how she helps her friend Freddy and the pack.
This isn't anything like the tv shows. It is so much better! I love the character of Batty and how she helps her friend Freddy and the pack.
September 14, 2025
I was willing to round the first book up to four stars; this time, I can't quite find it in me to give three.
To be fair, there are things to like. I enjoyed most of the new good guys (Sugar, Ginger and even Vinny, who seemed like such a one-note bully character at first). I also like some of the subplots—though the problem is that there are too many, kind of thrown in and incomplete. For example, the whole subplot is funny, creative, and could probably sustain its own book...but it's all just to set up a minor obstacle, it was never hinted before that other magical creatures exist in this setting, and it's just dropped without much fanfare.
Unfortunately, the mainest plots are probably the weakest. First of all, the setup seems a bit samey: an evil relative and his child(ren) get Flasheart captured and trapped in wolf form, traps Freddy with an evil old lady partner of his, Freddy deals with emasculating embarrassment, etc. The villain's plan is also kind of slapdash—surely a ballet school is the best prison for our enemy!—and I question his decision to unnecessarily reveal his villainy to Freddy, who was totally oblivious until that point.
We also bring back Hotspur, the twins, and Cripp from the last book. None feels strictly necessary, especially since they weren't particularly strong characters to begin with, and it only adds to the sense that Lyons threw in every idea that she had.
While I mostly disliked the main plot, I did enjoy the reveal that the treasure is . Cool setup for a sequel that I assume is never coming. I also liked that , even if it doesn't add much to the plot or even the characters' reaction.
But the biggest flaw in this book is Freddy himself. I get that "annoying braggart" was an intentional choice for his personality, but...well, it's annoying. Whatever growth he had in the last book has snapped back, and while you could read some defensiveness in his previous arrogance, here he just feels like an idiot, as if he literally can't conceive of the idea that people don't find him AMAZING!!! Even at the end, when he comes to a revelation that he's not that great, only be reassured that he's been heroic in spite of that, it's just sort of an "oh. Okay," moment, because he never struggled with any doubt beforehand.
Maybe the target audience would be more tolerant, but at best, it struck me as some good pieces poorly put together. I am still kind of looking forward to the movie (if only to see how they'll pull it off, since this story wouldn't fit well with the first film's canon). I'd even check out a third book if it does come out.
Edit from the future after I've seen the movie: It has a totally original plot unrelated to this story. It's no Casablanca by any means, but I liked it better than this book.
To be fair, there are things to like. I enjoyed most of the new good guys (Sugar, Ginger and even Vinny, who seemed like such a one-note bully character at first). I also like some of the subplots—though the problem is that there are too many, kind of thrown in and incomplete. For example, the whole subplot is funny, creative, and could probably sustain its own book...but it's all just to set up a minor obstacle, it was never hinted before that other magical creatures exist in this setting, and it's just dropped without much fanfare.
Unfortunately, the mainest plots are probably the weakest. First of all, the setup seems a bit samey: an evil relative and his child(ren) get Flasheart captured and trapped in wolf form, traps Freddy with an evil old lady partner of his, Freddy deals with emasculating embarrassment, etc. The villain's plan is also kind of slapdash—surely a ballet school is the best prison for our enemy!—and I question his decision to unnecessarily reveal his villainy to Freddy, who was totally oblivious until that point.
We also bring back Hotspur, the twins, and Cripp from the last book. None feels strictly necessary, especially since they weren't particularly strong characters to begin with, and it only adds to the sense that Lyons threw in every idea that she had.
While I mostly disliked the main plot, I did enjoy the reveal that the treasure is . Cool setup for a sequel that I assume is never coming. I also liked that , even if it doesn't add much to the plot or even the characters' reaction.
But the biggest flaw in this book is Freddy himself. I get that "annoying braggart" was an intentional choice for his personality, but...well, it's annoying. Whatever growth he had in the last book has snapped back, and while you could read some defensiveness in his previous arrogance, here he just feels like an idiot, as if he literally can't conceive of the idea that people don't find him AMAZING!!! Even at the end, when he comes to a revelation that he's not that great, only be reassured that he's been heroic in spite of that, it's just sort of an "oh. Okay," moment, because he never struggled with any doubt beforehand.
Maybe the target audience would be more tolerant, but at best, it struck me as some good pieces poorly put together. I am still kind of looking forward to the movie (if only to see how they'll pull it off, since this story wouldn't fit well with the first film's canon). I'd even check out a third book if it does come out.
Edit from the future after I've seen the movie: It has a totally original plot unrelated to this story. It's no Casablanca by any means, but I liked it better than this book.
May 22, 2014
It's a great book about finding a new friend the poodle
August 31, 2014
3.5, I remember reading this in year 5 or 6. I liked it, but I liked 100% Wolf more :)
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