Jennings Again!

Name: Jennings Again!
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Anthony Buckeridge
ISBN: 9781926910741

Author: Anthony Buckeridge

Series: Jennings #23

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 2 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Post Hypnotic Press

Published: 05/31/2011

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Classic, Humorous

Synopsis

In this audiobook – When Linbury goes green, Jennings and Darbishire offer to do their bit for the environment and are given the task of distributing leaflets. Unfortunately, Darbishire's shoelace refuses to stay tied and, using his initiative, Jennings removes the rubber band holding the leaflets together and performs an emergency shoelace repair. All seems fine, until a gust of wind hurls the leaflets over Marina Gardens. The residents are none too pleased, and its poor Mr Wilkins who's going to get the blame – addle-pated eyewash!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jake

This book is clearly the result of Anthony Buckeridge being overwhelmed by nostalgia as he chose the new reading order for the "orange" release of the Jennings books in the late '80s and early '90s. (They should never actually be read in this order, by the way - despite what the "Author's Note" says......more

Goodreads review by Duncan

Never thought I would see space invaders and environmental topics in a Jennings book. Not as good as earlier books, but still of interest to me. A sort of bitter-sweet irony towards the end when one of the masters refers to what Jennings will be like 'in ten years time when he's grown up.' Yet, of co......more

Goodreads review by Robbie

Jennings' appearance in the 90s with an eco-friendly plot takes some getting used to, and the style of the writing remains firmly 'old school' and slightly quaint in this more modern setting but it's still entertaining.......more