How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare

Novel by Paul Jennings
0-14-132043-5OCLC60512542
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How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare, robbed a grave, made a new friend who might not have really been there at all, and while he was at it committed a terrible sin which everyone was doing even though he didn't know it (ISBN 0-14-132043-5) is a children's book written by Australian author Paul Jennings, and published by Puffin Books in May 2005. The story covers a short time in the life of young Hedley Hopkins, an English immigrant to Australia in the 1950s. The book was launched at St. Mary's Cathedral College.

An afterword of the novel states that a good deal of the story is autobiographical in nature.[1]

References

  1. ^ Sullivan, Jane (28 May 2005). "How Paul did a dare". The Age. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012.
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Works by Paul Jennings
Short story
collections
  • Unreal! Eight Surprising Stories (1985)
  • Unbelievable! More Surprising Stories (1986)
  • Quirky Tails! More Oddball Stories (1987)
  • Uncanny! Even More Surprising Stories (1988)
  • Unbearable! More Bizarre Stories (1990)
  • The Naked Ghost, Burp! and Blue Jam (1991)
  • Unmentionable! More Amazing Stories (1991)
  • Undone! More Mad Endings (1993)
  • Uncovered! Weird, Weird Stories (1995)
  • Unseen! (1998)
  • Tongue Tied! (2002)
Novels
  • How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare (2005)
Miscellaneous
  • Round the Twist (1989–2001)
  • Driven Crazy (1998)
  • Wicked! (2000–2001)
  • Singenpoo