Anyone who likes Mac Blackās āPlease call me Derekā (and the rest in the series covering his grown-up adventures) will enjoy introducing younger friends and family to his new series, āSweaty and Palsā and this sequel “Sweaty and Pals again”. Filled with more stories about Derekās exploits with his gang in the eighties, with quirky illustrations (by Mac Black), the stories build on Derekās ability to find disasters and get himself into one mess after another.
Sweatyās tales are about little kids enjoying life, before smartphones and computer games came along. Of course, it is just possible ā if youĀ areĀ older than five ā that you did all these things yourselfā¦
Mac has embraced writing for younger readers with the same quirky clean humour that permeates his YA series. From Sweatyās first day at school, we meet some of the wonderful characters who pepper the adult books, subtly dealing with issues around prejudice, being different, living with the elderly, losing parents ā but in a gentle, no-nonsense way that exposes the social discrimination Ā and values that we took for granted, in those days, but we would not accept, today. This makes these stories a perfect springboard for class discussions about daily life for children thirty years ago compared with now.

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