Spurt

From this hilarious debut novelist comes Spurt, a YA novel for teenage boys about faking it till you make it - and what it means to be a man.Jack Sprigley isnOCOt just a late-bloomer. HeOCOs a no-bloomer. HeOCOs about to start the last term of year nine and puberty is still a total no-show.Worse yet, he hasnOCOt heard from his friends all holidays. He assumes theyOCOve finally dumped him and his child-like body - except then he finds out that itOCOs much worse than that. His friends are now so far ahead of him that theyOCOve started hooking up and getting girlfriends. Jack is screwed. But then he comes up with a plan to catch up and win his friends back. And his plan is perfect: he just has to fake puberty."