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UFO: Unavoidable Family Outing
In the family rule book, scribed in the blood of our ancestors, it clearly states that there are some journeys you must undertake . . . Dave Hackett (a.k.a. Cartoon Dave)'s first novel is a hilarious whodunit. Finally, a family outing you won't want to miss!
- GenresComedy
241 pages, Paperback
First published February 6, 2006
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About the author
Dave Hackett
24 books6 followersDave Hackett (Cartoon Dave) is currently seen each week on Channel Eleven’s Toasted TV and Channel Seven’s It’s Academic.
Dave has presented to over 130,000 children in schools and libraries, and has been a popular speaker at numerous teacher/librarian conferences and literature festivals across the country. He has written six instructional cartooning books and is also the creator of the UFO – Unavoidable Family Outing novel series (all three books included in the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge): Sumo Granny Smackdown; Norman Enormous; and Hamilton’s Handstand. He also recently co-created The Bum Book.
Dave has presented to over 130,000 children in schools and libraries, and has been a popular speaker at numerous teacher/librarian conferences and literature festivals across the country. He has written six instructional cartooning books and is also the creator of the UFO – Unavoidable Family Outing novel series (all three books included in the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge): Sumo Granny Smackdown; Norman Enormous; and Hamilton’s Handstand. He also recently co-created The Bum Book.
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November 17, 2015
Way, way better than Sumo Granny Smackdown by the same author. Way better than Unstoppable Brainspin too.
I might have rated it higher but I read UFO Afloat first. And by comparison, UFO: Unavoidable Family Outing seems somewhat contrived and forced in its humour. The effortless silliness of UFO Afloat pushed this prequel down in my estimation. That said, it raised sufficient chuckles to make me look forward to the next volume in the series.
I might have rated it higher but I read UFO Afloat first. And by comparison, UFO: Unavoidable Family Outing seems somewhat contrived and forced in its humour. The effortless silliness of UFO Afloat pushed this prequel down in my estimation. That said, it raised sufficient chuckles to make me look forward to the next volume in the series.
June 12, 2012
POSSIBLY THE FUNNIEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ :D
April 22, 2022
I come dangerously close to wetting myself everytime I read it. I know a lot of the humor is pretty juvenile, but then again I am secretly a twelve-year-old at heart, so that's fine by me!
There are so many random gags and events that just inexplicably tickle my fancy. The BRAD Game? The apple pie in the engine compartment? Getting stranded at a gas station for several days? A $600 phone call to Iceland??? And let's not even get started on the whole "BRAD's been kidnapped!" plot.
I also really liked the little interludes of the narrator's novel in progress. As an aspiring writer myself, I can totally relate with wanting to make it the best thing ever!
The characters are all genuinely entertaining. The dad, Graham (his name gets screamed a lot over the course of this book) with a love for Morris Minors and some weird habits and rules. Jessica, with her obsession over Brad and her dramatic nature. Sally and the narrator, jokesters who take immense joy in annoying everyone else. And the mother, the only one with a good head on her shoulders who has to put up with everyone else's shit. Oh, and who could forget BRAD himself?
One other thing I loved was all the little references to other happenings in the families lives. Like, how they only have two TV stations available to them because a relative screwed up installing a satellite dish. Or when BRAD got an entire watermelon stuck in his trousers leg. Noodle Incidents are one of my favourite tropes of all time, and this book sure as hell delivered on them.
Overall, one of my favourite books of all time. Always entertaining, always a classic, always with a special place on my heart.
There are so many random gags and events that just inexplicably tickle my fancy. The BRAD Game? The apple pie in the engine compartment? Getting stranded at a gas station for several days? A $600 phone call to Iceland??? And let's not even get started on the whole "BRAD's been kidnapped!" plot.
I also really liked the little interludes of the narrator's novel in progress. As an aspiring writer myself, I can totally relate with wanting to make it the best thing ever!
The characters are all genuinely entertaining. The dad, Graham (his name gets screamed a lot over the course of this book) with a love for Morris Minors and some weird habits and rules. Jessica, with her obsession over Brad and her dramatic nature. Sally and the narrator, jokesters who take immense joy in annoying everyone else. And the mother, the only one with a good head on her shoulders who has to put up with everyone else's shit. Oh, and who could forget BRAD himself?
One other thing I loved was all the little references to other happenings in the families lives. Like, how they only have two TV stations available to them because a relative screwed up installing a satellite dish. Or when BRAD got an entire watermelon stuck in his trousers leg. Noodle Incidents are one of my favourite tropes of all time, and this book sure as hell delivered on them.
Overall, one of my favourite books of all time. Always entertaining, always a classic, always with a special place on my heart.
January 30, 2011
I love this.
June 12, 2013
Absolutely hilarious. anyone who wants a split side should read this book.
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February 21, 2017Yeah it was really good and funny I loved it
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