The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (1982)

by Sue Townsend

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Series: Adrian Mole (1)

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At thirteen years old, Adrian Mole has more than his fair share of problems - spots, ill health, parents threatening to divorce, rejection of his poetry and much more - all recorded with brilliant humour in his diary.

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This is great for fans of Angus, Thongs, etc. Hilarious! (

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archivomorero | Jun 27, 2022 |

I loved this book so much!!! The diarist is a 13 3/4-yo boy named Adrian Mole and for anyone who likes to read blogs/diaries/journals of others, I'm pretty sure you would like it. I don't have kids or brothers so I don't know much about teenage boys so it was fun to get inside Adrian's mind. Poor kid is being raised by immature, irresponsible parents. He is the adult in the family. Very likeable kid.

Seems like I'm the last person to discover this book as there is an entire series of books, TV shows, stage plays, and the author has been dead almost six years now. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Sue Townsend	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Barnes, Nicholas	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Berger, Joe	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Damave, Henriëtte	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Holden, Caroline	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Mangan, Stephen	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Vriesendorp, Huberte	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Walliams, David	Foreword	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Adrian Mole (1)

Is contained in

The Adrian Mole Diaries: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ & The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend

Adrian Mole: From Minor to Major by Sue Townsend

Adrian Mole collection 8 Books set. (Sue Townsend Adrian Mole series collection set.) (The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾, the Growing pains of Adrian Mole, True confessions of Adrian Albert Mole, Adrian Mole: the wilderness year, Adrian Mole the cappuccino year, the lost diaries of Adrian Mole 1999-2001, Adrian Mole and the weapons of Mass Destruction and Adrian Mole the Prostrate year) by Sue Townsend

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole: The Play by Sue Townsend

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Growing Up Stories by Betsy Cromer Byars

Is parodied in

The Secret Diary of Boris Johnson Aged 13¼ by Lucien Young

Inspired

The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass, Aged 37 3/4 by Adrian Plass

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend l Summary & Study Guide by BookRags

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Canonical title

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

Original title

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4

Alternative titles

Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged Thirteen and Three Quarters

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Leicestershire, England, UK

London, England, UK

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

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Awards and honors

Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books (1997, No 77)

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 112)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults (1986)

Guardian 1000 (Family and self)

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Epigraph

'Paul walked with something screwed up tight inside him ... yet he chatted away with his mother. He would never have confessed to her how he suffered over these things and she only partly guessed.'
D. H. Lawrence
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Dedication

For Colin and also for Sean, Dan, Vicki and Elizabeth with love and thanks

First words

These are my New Year's resolutions:

1. I will help the blind across the road.

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Cooper, Jilly

Sharpe, Tom

Original language

English

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At thirteen years old, Adrian Mole has more than his fair share of problems - spots, ill health, parents threatening to divorce, rejection of his poetry and much more - all recorded with brilliant humour in his diary.

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