Fruit : A Novel about a Boy and His Nipples (Paperback)

from PeggyK49

I had never heard of The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington, it was just a fluke that I saw it in a used book store, and read the first paragraph. That is one of my "go to" ways of selecting something I might like to read. Brian Francis has written a funny and touching book about what it's like to ...

from LibraryCin

3.75 stars It's the mid 1980s. Peter Paddington is 13-years old and in grade 8 in a school in Sarnia, Ontario. He has two older sisters and is overweight. He knows he is not normal and suddenly his nipples start talking to him. I enjoyed this. Peter is quite humourous in trying to figure out what...

from vivaval

This book is darkly funny and easy to read, but it also deals with very heartfelt human emotions. Anybody who has ever felt "different", like an outsider, or not one of the cool kids, can definitely relate to Peter Paddington. Probably my favourite Canada Reads book so far.

from dbsovereign

This is a novel of a boy growing up. And it's a laugh-out-loud hysterical novel of discovery. It certainly took me back to when I was in junior and senior high school! And it's great to see humor in one's traumatic past!

from georgekilsley

Charming, sweet, almost painfully funny.