'Triumphantly funny! A scintillating sequel to Spud that will
make you weep with laughter and read passages out loud to
all your friends.'

The year is 1991, and Spud Milton's long walk to manhood is still creeping
along at an unnervingly slow pace. Approaching the ripe old age of fifteen
and still no signs of the much anticipated ball-drop, Spud is coming to
terms with the fact that he may well be a freak of nature.With a mother
hell-bent on emigrating, a father making a killing out of selling homemade
moonshine, and a demented grandmother called Wombat, the new year
seems to offer little except extreme embarrassment and more mortifying
Milton madness.

But Spud is returning to a boarding school where he is no longer the
youngest or the smallest. His dormitory mates, known as the Crazy Eight,
have an unusual new member and his house has a new clutch of first
years (the Normal Seven). If Spud thinks his second year will be a breeze,
however, he is seriously mistaken. He is soon beset with women trouble,
coerced into misguided late-night adventures, and finds his dreams of a
famous career on the stage in tatters after landing the part of the Dove of
Peace in a disastrous house play production of Noah's Ark.

Hilarious, bitter-sweet, tragic and real, join Spud as he takes another
tentative step forward while all around him the madness continues ...
This is the second book in the record-breaking Spud series and the
sequel to Spud. The third title is Spud - Learning to Fly.