Doing It
School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9
No. of pages 336
Published: 2014
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book has been graded for interest at 12-17 years.
There are 336 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Andersen Press Ltd .
Melvin Burgess was born in London and brought up in Surrey and Sussex. He has had a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Before his first novel, he had short stories published and a play broadcast on Radio 4. Three of his novels have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
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This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Booktrust Book Awards - Teen
This book was recognised in the Teen category of the Booktrust Book Awards . The Book Trust Book Awards aim to unearth the very best childrens books the UK has to offer, and to honour authors and illustrators who continue Britains proud heritage of storytelling. Heritage catgeoires include: Blue Peter Book Awards, Booktrust Best New Illustrators Award, Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Booktrust Best Book Awards (with Amazon Kindle). Current categories include: Storytime Prize, Lifetime Achievement Aawrd, Children's Laureate.
Los Angeles Times Book Award - Fiction - YA
This book was recognised in the Fiction - YA category by the Los Angeles Times Book Award.
LA Times Book Award - Fiction - YA
This book was recognised in the Fiction - YA category by the La Times Book Award.
"The current king of this genre" * The Times *
"Funny, honest and touching with engagingly mixed-up protagonists... realistic, but utterly uncynical" * Observer *
"A genuinely moral work of fiction about a subject - the confusions, joys and terrors of adolescent male sexuality - rarely addressed with any such comprehension or sympathy" * Evening Standard *
"Filth, which ever way you look at it" * Anne Fine *
"Refreshingly realistic and unsentimental approach to sex" * Time Out *
