The Toilet of Doom (Jiggy McCue) - Softcover

Lawrence, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140830404X ISBN 13: 9781408304044

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2012

Synopsis

A second disgustingly goofy adventure with the Three Musketeers "Feel that your life has gone down the pan? Well here's your chance to swap it for a better one!" When these tempting words appear on the computer screen, Jiggy McCue just can't resist. He hits "F for Flush" and . . . Oh dear. He really shouldn't have done that. Because the life he gets in place of his own is a very embarrassing one—for a boy.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Lawrence is the author of Baby Christmas; Small Eternities; the Jiggy McCue series, which includes The Killer Underpants; and A Crack in the Line, which won the Michael L. Printz Award and the Georgia Peach Award, and was chosen by the ALA as one of the year's best books for 12-18 year olds.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-7-Jiggy McCue and the gang are back in another weird adventure. Milo lets it slip that his mysterious, anonymous friend has almost perfected a computer game, The Toilet of Life, which should not be played yet. The temptation proves too strong for Jiggy, though, and he pushes the forbidden letter F (for FLUSH) on the keyboard, which results in him and his friend Angie exchanging bodies. Now they are stuck in one another's skins until they can figure out a way to make the game switch them back. In the meantime, there is a lot of scatological humor regarding one gender getting used to the other's body parts and hormones as well as discovering that neither child's family is better or less strange than the other. Jiggy is a smart-mouthed boy who tells his story complete with derogatory comments about his intelligence, or lack thereof, in making certain choices that led to his temporary sex change. The humor is definitely typical of middle schoolers as is the dialogue with the characters calling each other a lot of names. There is also some gratuitous use of the word "hell." The major characters are all likable young people; the adults are shallow at best, as they never suspect there is anything amiss with the children. This is not great literature, but it is a fast-paced, entertaining read.
Nancy P. Reeder, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, SC
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 140830404X
• ISBN 13: 9781408304044
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240