VOYA Reviews 2008 OctoberThis sequel to Spud picks up at the beginning of the second term for John Milton, dubbed Spud by his dorm mates. His mates, known as the Crazy Eight, are back-Fatty, Rambo, Simon, Boggo, Mad Dog, Vern, and newest member Roger, the dorm cat. Before long, the Crazy Eight are in heaps of trouble with the headmaster and prefects and threatened with expulsion unless they settle down and pay attention to their classes. John's voice, heretofore a lovely soprano, is now changing, possibly ending John's dreams of a Broadway career. Can he find love and acceptance? Will the antics of his parents and grandmother cause him to die of shame? Will he ever escape the nickname Spud? Van de Ruit creates a memorable tableau of characters with the Crazy Eight and the various teachers and students at boarding school. Their antics are hilarious and just a bit reckless. There are plenty of late-night excursions to scare the first-year students and quite a bit of sneaking off to forbidden places.
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