Down the Gully is a very short (78 pgs) light read targeting pre-teen readers. The author states that it is based on his life and this is apparent to the reader. The escapades, thoughts, fears and embarrassments are spot on. Jimmy, known to his friends as Meathead, rides his Big Wheel while his friends are on 'big bikes' because he doesn't want them to see him fall each time he stops, due to the fact that his feet don't reach the ground! This is just one example of the realistic factors of this book. It is the 1970s, before computers and video games and when kids spend every waking moment outside. The author obviously remembers his youth very well!
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