Mr Stink
Readers rate it 3.9 (12 on Hardcover)
272 pages · Released 2009 · HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Mr Stink is a humorous, heartwarming children's novel that celebrates friendship across social divides and challenges prejudice. While it touches on homelessness and contains mild language and occasional rough moments, the tone remains lighthearted and the core message is deeply positive about kindness and looking beyond appearances. This is an excellent read for middle-grade children who enjoy character-driven humor.
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The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children by David Walliams.Mr. Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well...Chloe sees Mr. Stink every day, but she's never spoken to him. Which isn't surprising, because he's a tramp, a... The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children by David Walliams.Mr. Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well...Chloe sees Mr. Stink every day, but she's never spoken to him. Which isn't surprising, because he's a tramp, and he stinks. But there's more to Mr. Stink than meets the eye (or nose) and before she knows it, Chloe has an unusual new friend hiding in her garden shed. As Chloe struggles to keep Mr. Stink a secret, and her dad tries to hide a secret of his own, the stage is set for an epic family confrontation. But there's one other person with an extraordinary secret – Mr. Stink himself...
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- Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction
- Homeless persons
- Friendship
- Body Odor
- Secrets
- Tramps
- Family life
- Secrecy
- Children's fiction
- Homeless persons, fiction
- Friendship, fiction
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ISBN 9780007279050 · HarperCollins Publishers Limited