Spud

I've enjoyed Spud by John van de Ruit. It is a fictional account told in diary form of 14 year old John "Spud" Milton's first year at a boys' boarding school in South Africa. His group of friends the "Crazy Eight" have many adventures and interesting experiences over the year. Other wonderful "characters" are the teachers and older students, some of whom make life difficult for Spud and his mates. Spud even has "woman trouble" as he is irrestibly cute with an angelic singing voice. This is a lovely light-hearted look at school life and is probably drawn from the author's own experiences at Michaelhouse. This would be a good book for early teenage boys. I'm pleased to see there is a sequel Spud - The Madness Continues. 3 1/2/5