Stuff Happens: Ethan
Author: Oliver Phommavanh
Author: Susannah McFarlane
Book 6 in the Stuff Happens series
Pages: 96
Published: 2015
Age: 7+
Stuff happens sometimes. Everyday stuff. At school, at home, with sport, with mates. For Ethan it happened when he thought his best friend didn't like him anymore.
Ethan is not just bookish – he's book-obsessed, possibly the only boy with a mother begging him to put a book down so he can make friends. Ethan doesn't make friends so easily so he when he does make friends with Trent (they bond over a dinosaur book), Ethan is chuffed and his mum is thrilled. But then Trent discovers downball and Ethan thinks he's lost his best friend, his only friend . . .
About the Stuff Happens Series
Books in series order
- 1.Stuff Happens: Jack(2014)
- 2.Stuff Happens: Ned(2014)
- 3.Stuff Happens: Sean(2014)
- 4.Stuff Happens: Michael(2014)
- 5.Stuff Happens: Fadi(2015)
- 6.Stuff Happens: Ethan(2015)
- 7.Stuff Happens: Cooper(2015)
- 8.Stuff Happens: Lennie(2015)
- 9.Stuff Happens: Tom(2015)
- 10.Stuff Happens: Harry(2015)
- 11.Stuff Happens: Dale(2016)
- 12.Stuff Happens: Luke(2016)
Reading age: 7+ years
Stuff Happens is an important new series for boys about everyday challenges. Created by Susannah McFarlane, the series is written by established authors such as authors Tony Wilson, Andrew Daddo, Philip Gwynne, Will Kostakis, Oliver Phommavanh, Scot Gardner, Justin D'Ath and James Roy. Each book features a different character and follows them as they overcome a particular everyday challenge.
Aimed at boys aged between 7 and 11, the Stuff Happens series explores those everyday struggles in life that boys can sometimes be reluctant to express: quarrels with mates, a bad day at school, fear of disappointing mum and dad, rejection and not fitting in.
Stuff Happens. Real-life stories about boys. Suitable for beginner and newly confident readers.