The Secret Life of Sally Tomato

The Secret Life of Sally Tomato
Jean Ure

One of the brilliant titles in Jean Ure’s acclaimed series of humorous, delightful and poignant stories written in the form of diaries and letters which make them immediately accessible to children.Jean Ure perfectly captures the lives of ordinary children – but no child is ever ordinary, and certainly not Salvatore d’Amato – or Sally Tomato, as he’s sometimes called. He’s out to get a girl and he has a plan: he’s going to write some Disgusting Ditties – one for each letter of the alphabet, and start some secret body-building, too. That way he’s bound to attract someone. (But he doesn’t want his sister to know his plans…)Whether it’s Sal Tomato here, Mandy Small in FRUIT AND NUTCASE, Cherry in SKINNY MELON AND ME, or Becky in BECKY BANANAS, their lives, with all their ups and downs, is presented with courage, humour and tenacity. These are special children who any child can relate to and will draw inspiration and hope from their stories of their lives.

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For Henrietta (We made each other laugh) and for my friend Mark Alexander (also known as Ranny Arbuckle …)

Contents

Cover (#ud3fc0d82-a14b-579f-a6ad-f2a432e4fa0b)

Title Page (#u48800f4c-15c9-5fe9-9f72-cf0e0ea29678)

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Prologue (#ulink_3010bcb6-833c-597b-a31b-49257678d60a)

A is for armpit (#ulink_7db18b72-dbe6-52e8-a7e1-7b983cfd36b2)

B stands for boob and also for breast (#ulink_211eee0a-e5d9-55c7-940b-c6d06c39037e)

C is for chuck (#ulink_7ff0ed31-408b-5834-bcd0-182071cf17c1)

D is for diarrhoea (#ulink_5de67fc6-4857-58f2-815e-2829a4a04c42)

E is for eyeful (#ulink_e9fb75d0-14f4-5f23-aa67-59f787650854)

F is for flob (#litres_trial_promo)

G is for grolly (#litres_trial_promo)

H is for halitosis (#litres_trial_promo)

I is for impure (#litres_trial_promo)

J is for Jimmy (#litres_trial_promo)

K is for knockers and Knickers (#litres_trial_promo)

L is for lips (#litres_trial_promo)

M is for match (#litres_trial_promo)

N is for nuddy (#litres_trial_promo)

O is for off (#litres_trial_promo)

P is for pimples, in other words, spots (#litres_trial_promo)

Q is a letter that’s followed by U (#litres_trial_promo)

R is for rear (#litres_trial_promo)

S is for sex (#litres_trial_promo)

T is for tit (#litres_trial_promo)

U is for ugh! (#litres_trial_promo)

V is for vulgar (#litres_trial_promo)

W stands for willy (#litres_trial_promo)

X marks the spot (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by Jean Ure (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher

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