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Exit, Pursued by a Bear (Spud #4) by John van de Ruit
Category: Children | Series: Spud
"Spud: Exit, Pursued by a Bear" is the 4th and final instalment in the hilarious teenage life of schoolboy Spud Milton - written by South African comedian John van de Ruit. Spud Milton is in his final year at boarding school. Now a prefect and on the cusp of adulthood, he thinks this may be his best yea ...Show more
Exit, Pursued by a Bear (Spud #4) by John van de Ruit
Category: Fiction | Series: Spud
After an unexpected and diabolical farewell breakfast conversation with his father, Spud Milton returns to boarding school for his 1993 Matric year, his last as a schoolboy. Armed with a prefects' tie and a raging libido, Spud soon discovers that being a large(ish) fish in a small pond has its fair shar ...Show more
Learning to Fly (Spud #3) by John van de Ruit
Category: Fiction | Series: Spud
Spud Milton (practically a man in most areas) is hoping for a smooth ride as he returns to boarding school as a senior. But instead he finds his vindictive arch-enemy is back to taunt him and a garrulous new boy has taken residence in his dorm, along with the regular inmates and misfits he calls friends ...Show more
Spud (#1) by John van de Ruit
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Spud
It's 1990. Apartheid is crumbling, Nelson Mandela has just been released from prison and thirteen-year-old Spud Milton is about to start his first year at an elite boys-only boarding school. Cursed with embarrassingly dysfunctional parents, a nutty granny and a dormitory full of strange characters, Spu ...Show more
Spud - Learning to Fly (#3) by John van de Ruit
Category: Junior Fiction
As Spud Milton continues his diabolical stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life's most important lessons: when dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. 'I'm practically a man in most areas,' writes Spud confidently on his sixteenth birthday. The year is 1992 and, as ...Show more
The Madness Continues (Spud #2) by John van de Ruit
Category: Children's | Series: Spud
Spud's nearly 15 and although he is no longer the youngest or the smallest in his dorm, his second year at an elite boys-only private boarding school is beset with girl trouble, misguided late-night adventures and excruciating family visits. With his dreams of a stage career in tatters after a disastrou ...Show more
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