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1 September 2005
Recommended Retail Price: R125
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It's South Africa, 1990. The country still squirms under the iron fist of apartheid. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela, and more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an elite boys only private boarding school. Cursed with parents from well beyond the lunatic fringe, a senile granny, and a dormitory full of strange characters, Spud has to forge a new life for himself in this foreign and sometimes hostile environment. Surrounded by names such as Gecko, Rambo, Rain Man and Mad Dog, Spud takes his first tentative steps along the path towards manhood. (The path, it seems, could be a rather long road.) Armed with only his wits and his diary, Spud takes us from illegal nightswimming to the cricket field, from ghostbusting to teacher baiting. He also invites us into the mind of a boy struggling to come to terms with a strange new world; a boy whose eyes are being opened to love, friendship and complete insanity.
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Spud
Date: 2011-12-02
I enjoyed every minute of the Spud books.
Truly brillant and so comical to say the least
I enjoyed every minute of the Spud books.
Truly brillant and so comical to say the least
By: Gail Shorkend
Top class.
Date: 2011-05-31
I've read all three books, and i must say
they are really amazing. I thought you would
lose speed after you first books but you just
kept on go...
I've read all three books, and i must say
they are really amazing. I thought you would
lose speed after you first books but you just
kept on going strong.
By: Thato Mello
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Spuddy
Date: 2010-12-28
Excellent, Bravo thanks a lot John Van de ruit for
writing spud. SPUD RULES go J.Milton you rock.
Excellent, Bravo thanks a lot John Van de ruit for
writing spud. SPUD RULES go J.Milton you rock.
By: Jason Blockley
Excellent!!!
Date: 2010-12-18
All three books are the most awesome books I have ever read!!!
There MUST be a 4th book PLEASE, I want to know what happened
with the Crazy eight ...
All three books are the most awesome books I have ever read!!!
There MUST be a 4th book PLEASE, I want to know what happened
with the Crazy eight in their Matric year!!!
And the movie is also great...
By: Ninene
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Spud
Date: 2010-12-05
Spud is amazing! its is the funniest book ive ever read!
thanks you John Van De Ruit! :D i love all your books!
Spud is amazing! its is the funniest book ive ever read!
thanks you John Van De Ruit! :D i love all your books!
By: Callum McNamara
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