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date: 28 April 2025

Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13¾, The (1982) 

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The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
Author(s):

Daniel Hahn

The first in a long-running series by Sue Townsend (1946–2014). The first book introduces us to Adrian, a neurotic teenager, who in his diary writes of his desperation to be discovered as an intellectual and escape his school, his family, the bullies, his whole wretched life. The first book and its immediate sequel, ... ...

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