A comic young adult novel told through the private diary of a teenage boy navigating insecurity, family tension, romantic longing and the baffling adult world. Adrian’s dramatic, self-conscious entries turn everyday embarrassments, spots, intellectual ambitions and devotion to Pandora into a sharply funny portrait of adolescence.
Author: Sue Townsend
Publisher: Penguin
Year published: 2009
Number of pages: 288
Original language: English
Original title: The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
Age range: 12–14