SPUD

Spud Sweetgrass #1

by Brian Griffin

SPUD, a new book by Brian Griffin, inspired by a residency in Béthune-Bruay in Northern France, marks the centenary of the end of World War I. Last year, Griffin spent three weeks in the French town, near the site of the Battle of the Somme and, also a large McCain potato factory one of the largest potato production plants in Europe, producing around 1700 tons of frozen chips each day. With the coincidence of SPUD , the informal British word for potato also being slang for low ranking British soldiers in World War I, Griffin explores the relationship between the potatoes grown in the soil and the soldiers who were killed in the very same place, over 100 years ago.

Genres: Canada, Childrens

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Camille Anguenot · Rating 3 out of 5]

c était nice, une bonne manière d'aborder ce sujet pour les ados ! j'ai trouvé ça drôle

[Aadan Joly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book in my childhood and loved it ever since, it felt nice to read such a cool book set in a place I grew up in. a definite read for anyone who likes a good mystery set in the nation’s capital

[Melanie Hetrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spud Sweetgrass lost his father the year before to cancer. His mother is still grieving and he can't talk to her the way he used to. He needs to tell her something; he needs to tell her that he's been kicked out of school. He needs to tell her that he's working all the time at Mr. Fryday's chip wagon. He needs to tell her that he really likes Connie Pan but her mother doesn't like him. He needs to tell her that he thinks that Dumper Stubbs is illegally dumping all of the used fry grease into the storm sewers so that it washes out to the river and that is why the beach is always closed.

But he needs her to snap out of her grief first. He misses his dad too.

[Dara Potvin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this for my children's literature class. It's a book about a teenage boy who discovers a fellow employee polluting the Ottawa River with rancid used fry grease. I enjoyed reading it.

[Manan]

The book is pretty good it tells u you to how to handle your life without your parents