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Boom!
Boom! | Mark Haddon
10 posts | 8 read | 9 to read
An explosive, highly charged, and hilarious middle-grade adventure from Mark Haddon, acclaimed author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. From the moment that Jim and his best friend, Charlie, bug the staff room and overhear two of their teachers speaking to each other in a secret language, they know there's an adventure on its way. But what does "spudvetch" actually mean, and why do Mr. Kidd's eyes flicker with fluorescent blue light when Charlie says it to him? Perhaps Kidd and Pearce are bank robbers talking in code. Perhaps they're spies. Perhaps they are aliens. Whatever it is, Jimbo and Charlie are determined to find out. There really is an adventure on its way. A nuclear-powered, one-hundred-ton adventure with reclining seats and a buffet car. And as it gathers speed and begins to spin out of control, it can only end one way . . . with a BOOM! From the Hardcover edition.
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Michollio
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Mehso-so

It was fine. I'm definitely not the intended audience -- I'm sure it's great for 9-year-old boys. I read it for a prompt.

#BookishBingo: Borrowed from a friend
#ISpy: Authors initials match yours

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Ddzmini
Boom! | Mark Haddon
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Exactly 📖😋

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Sweettartlaura
Boom! | Mark Haddon
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#julystats #julywrapup

39 Reads
7, 229 pg
55 h 6 m

*8 audiobooks
*5 nonfiction
*4 DNF
*4 BOTM

*2 readathons

And a whole lot of good books ❤️📚

julesG You are a machine! 6y
Andrew65 🙌🙌🙌🙌 6y
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Mommamanzi
Boom! | Mark Haddon
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BOOM! 1,111 followers!!! I love sharing my books and my family with you. Thank you for such an inspiring place for me to be apart of! I‘ve had so much fun getting to know so many of you and look forward to getting to know many more of you!
I‘m going to share 3 of my favorite 2017 reads with a lucky Litten. What was your most treasured moment AND your top read of 2017? Tag me with your answer post! Winner will be drawn Friday. ❤️

Mommamanzi Thank you @slategreyskies for bringing it to my attention! ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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AmyG Congrats! And thank you. 6y
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aprilpohren That is awesome @Mommamanzi !!!! Huge congrats!! 😀🎉📚 6y
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Cconnolly Thank you for sharing!!!! 6y
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Sweettartlaura
Boom! | Mark Haddon
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This fun moment just happened!😊

Thanks to all my Litsy friends. This continues to be my favorite place to hang out ❤️😘❤️

LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
stacybmartin Yay! 🎉📚🎉👏🏼 7y
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Caroline2
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Well if I'm going to break my book buying ban I might as well do it in style! BOOM 💥 I couldn't resist these lovely hardbacks in my local second hand shop for 25p each!! Up yours book buying ban!!!!!!! 🤛😆

monkeygirlsmama Those look stunning. 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Beautiful spines! 7y
TrishB Gorgeous 💗 25p!!!! No one could resist that. Take that book buying ban 😀 7y
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Kalalalatja Understandable, they are gorgeous! 👌 7y
chapter_fifty2017 Wow well done , such a great collection , 7y
DGRachel Beautiful! 7y
KerriNTurner Beautiful! And you'd be mad to pass up a bargain like that! 7y
JazzFeathers Whaaaat? 😲 7y
Foragingfantasy So I had to google 25p into dollars, 41 cents each!! Awesome deal!! I live for those kind of finds! 7y
quirkyreader @Foragingfantasy as kids we were taught always multiply pence,pounds, etc. by two and you will get a close enough figure in American money. 7y
quirkyreader Who printed these lovely editions? 7y
kspenmoll I would have done the same; beautiful editions! And the price... 7y
Gina Awsomeeeee findddd 7y
minkyb 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
HippieChickHomeschool If anyone had a good excuse to break a book buying ban, it's you! 7y
Caroline2 @HippieChickHomeschool 😆 you know me so well!!! 😉 7y
Caroline2 @quirkyreader it says on the inside they are 'The Great Writers Library' editions! 👍🏻 7y
silentrequiem Oh My! *fans self* 7y
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Sweettartlaura
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What??? I put 4 back ... And came in under budget, too 😏
#hpbhaul

Books88 👏👏👏👏👏🙌 7y
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TrishB Great stuff 👍 7y
RohitSawant Awesome!! 7y
BibliophileMomma Great haul! 7y
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tournevis
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Boom! Thanks @BookishGirl06 ! 💣💥💢

BookishGirl06 Lol sorry if that was odd I just couldn't help myself. Watching 999 go to 1000 by refreshing the page was too hard to resist XD 7y
MrBook WOOHOO!!!! Congratulations!!! And to many hundreds of thousands more! 😎👌🏻🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
tournevis @BookishGirl06 I was secretly hoping for it... 7y
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MicheleinPhilly
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Catching even numbers has become a bit of an obsession. 😬 Thanks all! 😘

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BooksTeasAndBookishThings Woohoo!!! 😊❤🙌📚🎉 7y
BooksTeasAndBookishThings Though, I personally prefer odd numbers lol 7y
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ApoptyGina69
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Litsy!! This book has everything! I picked it up over the summer at a local used shop thinking, "oh Mark Haddon has a kids book." Well, yeah, but aliens! Teenagers! Evil teachers! Mystery! Scotland! In 194 pages I thought of Flavia, Nancy Drew, Harry Potter, and A Wrinkle in Time. Check it out! He originally wrote it in '92 (different title), but was urged to republish, so he updated it in 2009 and this is considered the 1st edition.

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