Product Description

A classic Jean Ure story for girls AND boys, about a boy who's driving girls wild! Dorian Jones is an 11-year-old boy who is having 'terrible trouble with girls'. They just won't leave him alone. Girls at school and his annoying younger sisters' friends have massive crushes on him, but Dory's passion is for dinosaurs and he is happiest excavating his back garden. His best friend at school is Aaron and his best friend out of school is a girl called the Herb. How will Dory stop girls throwing themselves at him? Why is Aaron holding hands with Sophy Timms? And why is the Herb acting so strange around Dory all of a sudden!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75135 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
Praise for Hunky Dory "More infectious humour from Jean Ure." Waterstone's Books Quarterly Praise for Gone Missing "Fans of Jean Ure and new readers alike will love this fast-paced, action driven new novel." INIS "Heartwarming stuff." CY Magazine 'Jean Ure does that girl thing like no one else.' Graham Marks, Publishing News Praise for Passion Flower: 'A funny and realistic read -- we loved it.' Mizz Praise for Pumpkin Pie: 'The heroine I've been waiting for.' Times Praise for Shrinking Violet: 'Grown-ups love Bridget Jones' Diary, but youngsters will adore Violet Alexander's.' Liverpool Echo 'Excellent for any nine-up and will almost certainly lead to an addiction to Ure.' Observer Praise for Becky Bananas: 'The writing transcends any trace of heaviness.' Guardian Praise for Fruit and Nutcase: 'Jean Ure never puts a foot wrong.' Daily Telegraph Praise for The Secret Life of Sally Tomato: 'Rhymes, sauciness, letters, irony, comedy, comic characters! a proper little turn-on for boys. A must-buy book.' Books for Keeps

About the Author
Jean Ure was born in Surrey and, when growing up, knew that she was going to be a writer or a ballet dancer. She began writing when she was six years old and had her first book published while she was still at school. Jean is a vegan and animal lover. She lives with her husband, seven dogs and four cats in a 300 year old house in Croydon.

Customer Reviews

Dorian's Discovery!
Dorian is far more interested in dinosaurs and archaeological digging than girls. But, he soon discovers that girls are interested in him.

His friends Aaron and 'Herb' help him with his excavation project whilst his sister 'Microdot' annoys him with a series of psychological tests designed to try his patience.

As even his best friend Aaron deserts him for other interests, he begins to wonder if he alone suffers irritation and inconvenience from his growing band of female admirers.

But his journey of excavation eventually reveals a quite unexpected discovery.

A nicely observed story told by Jean Ure with both humour and credibility.

Hunky Dory Review 2007
Hunky Dory is about a boy named Dorian who is more interested in dinasaurs and stuff than GIRLS. Girls always fall for him! He has a lil sis named 'Microdot' who bugs him with experiments and things, and then one day this freaky girl named Amy Wilkerson comes to sqaush herself comfortably over Dory and Dory wants to know why Amy is so weird and why she won't sit next to her best friend...