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Sixteen-year-old Josh fantasizes about becoming a death metal guitarist complete with tattoos, piercings, and hoards of adoring fans (girls, mostly). But it's not easy when his super strict mom wont let him grow out his hair! Luckily, Josh has a way of coping with life's setbacks; it's only a diary, but it contains all Josh's hopes, dreams, and frustrations (not to mention some great ideas for band names and lyrics!). There's a lot he wants to get done before his 17th birthday, but things never turn out quite like he plans. What Josh doesn't know is that his mother also kept a diary around the time he was born, and a secret in there holds the key to Josh's life becoming a whole lot more metal.
"You don’t typically think about guys keeping journals, but if they did, Half My Facebook Friends Are Ferrets by J. A. Buckle would be it. . . .Combined with the jokes his buddies crack, any teenaged boy can relate to the insecurities expressed in this novel. . . .It’s nice to know that guys do think inside of that skull of theirs and just like girls, realize that at the end of the day, friends and family come before money, even if most of them are ferrets." - Examiner.com
November 5, 2014
"There’s plenty of humor, as well as some drama, as Josh deals with his unusually strict widowed mother. . . .an affable book, and the dated journal entries add a nice touch of authenticity. . . .Fans of Don Calame’s Beat the Band series and Brent Crawford’s Carter books will recognize and enjoy Josh and his friends." - Booklist Online
October 6, 2014
"Readers will feel as if they know Josh well through his daily cataloguing of his life in a journal. . . .It’s easy to sympathize with Josh’s frustrations, and his sarcastic, self-deprecating narration has its moments…" - Publishers Weekly
July 7, 2014
"Not since Adrian Mole has there been such a likable, sympathetic, and consistently funny loser. Metal head and ferret lover Josh Walker is so endearingly off center that you cannot help but root for him." - Todd Strasser, author of Fallout
April 14, 2014
"Half My Facebook Friends Are Ferrets is fast and packed with surprises and Josh “The Destroyer" is super funny." - Geoff Herbach, author of the YA series Stupid Fast
April 21, 2014
"J. A. Buckle had me at cornflakes sprinkled with bacon bits in this gritty, humorous book. I laughed out loud, and yet I detected an underlying current of seriousness that ran through this story like a bolt of lightning." - Tom Frye, author of Scratchin’ on the Eight Ball
March 1, 2014
Concorde Book Award 2015 Shortlist, Bristol and Bath
January 1, 2014
2015 Lincolnshire Young People's Book Award, 12-14 year category
Summer Reading Challenge 2014
J.A. Buckle studied zoology in college, and now works for the national drugs charity DrugScope. As well as writing, she designs websites, helps out at animal welfare charities, plays guitar, and takes her dog for walks. She has two teenage children and lives in Surrey.
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