Goggle-Eyes

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When Helen runs out of the classroom in distress, Mrs Lupey sends Kitty after her, despite the two not being particular friends. Her mother then meets Gerald who Kitty takes an absolute dislike to and nicknames him 'Goggle-Eyes'. I felt it would be a good book for young teens who are going through a similar scenario to Kitty, the protagonist. But it was odd that he seemed to kind of take over as her father, who is barely mentioned at all throughout the book.

The characters don't have mobile phone and Kitty and her mother are protesting abut nuclear weapons. Yet Anne Fine presents us with a problem that is recognizable even in the first quarter of the 21st century. But Kitty has already set against him before they meet, due to the fact that her regular habits with her mother are disrupted, such as their regular meeting at a restaurant to discuss their campaign against animal testing - another subject that she clashes with Gerald about. Goggle-Eyes, or My War with Goggle-Eyes in the US, is a children's novel by Anne Fine, published by Hamilton in 1989. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; and Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Witty and thought-provoking, this book demonstrates Anne Fine’s genius for dialogue and for observing the quirkiness of daily life. It doesn't even get a mention in the book "The Hill and Beyond: Children's Television Drama - An Encyclopedia! This is a very individual thing—some people prefer goggles with lenses lined with foam, others like ones with super-thin rims.

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Kitty Killin is not only a good storyteller, but also the World’s Greatest Expert when it comes to mothers having new and unwanted boyfriends. While she glorifies in being arrested, she never gives one thought to what will happen to her daughters. DOUBTFIRE, based on Anne's novel MADAME DOUBTFIRE and starring the late comedic genius Robin Williams. But what I love about this series is that all four characters have their points and their flaws, and the clash of beliefs make this series really stand out. Kitty Killin is not only a good storyteller, but also the World's Greatest Expert when it comes to mothers having new and unwanted boyfriends.