Petunia Perry and the Curse of the Ugly Pigeon
Pamela Butchart, Gemma Correll
Subjects
- Funny Stuff - rib ticklers to make you fall off your chair
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
Average rating
With brilliant incidental illustrations throughout by the world-renowned Gemma Correll, this hilarious novel about how to fit in when you don’t want to conform will be adored by fans of Louise Rennison and Holly Smale.Petunia Perry has decided to write her memoirs. She wants the world to know what it’s like to start secondary school with a best friend who stages one-person flash mobs in the canteen, a mother who over-shares at parents’ evenings and an unwelcome suitor who draws pictures of her as a unicorn. But it’s when she decides to start a band with a spoon-player and a lead-singer who’s a cat that things take a turn for the truly crazy…
A laugh-out-loud take from the bestselling author, Pamela Butchart, on the perils of standing out in secondary school. Petunia Perry dares to be different but it’s not always easy. But it is always life-affirming and hilarious, and definitely the right thing to be…
With a brilliant cover and incidental illustration by Gemma Correll.
Pamela is also the author of the Izzy series for younger readers:
Baby Aliens Got My Teacher
The Spy Who Loved School Dinners
My Headteacher is a Vampire Rat
The Demon Dinner Ladies
To Wee or Not to Wee
There’s a Werewolf in My Tent
The Phantom Lollipop Man
There’s a Yeti in the Playground
Icarus Was Ridiculous
The Broken Leg of Doom
A Monster Ate My Packed Lunch!
Reviews
Some parts were a bit boring but it was good and interesting
Countess Sunny Sparrow 23.07.2023
A nice book although not my favourite.
Captain Catapult Porridge-Oats 14.07.2023
Very fun but easy to read
Madam Magnolia Washington 18.01.2023
This book is about a girl called Petunia Perry who thinks that she has been cursed by an ugly pigeon. It is funny. My favourite character is Camembert, Petunia's friend.
Principal Ursula Menace 30.07.2022
Star Reviewer
I didn't like it as much as the other Pamela butchart books
Director Esmerelda Waxwork 24.07.2022
I loved this book! It was really funny and entertaining to read! I loved how Peri (petunia) has such a weird life! I would DEFINITELY recommend this book!
Anonymous 15.07.2022
Good book! But I don’t really see the ugly pigeon element of it
Queen Hopscotch Jellybaby 20.02.2022
I loved this book - Pamela Butchart is a brilliant author and I love all her books. Maisie and the whole gang were back for another adventure.
Doctor Petunia Turkey 22.01.2022
I thought this book was really funny and I’d recommend it to anyone with a good sense of funniness
Countess Ursula Gravy 05.09.2021
It’s very funny I really like it I like Petunia I like story of Petunia and her best friend Yes, I would recommend it
Officer Tulip Ridiculous 27.08.2021
It was an ok book and some bits I didn’t really understand.
Empress Honeycomb Paperclip 22.08.2021
Hilarious, I loved it when she was doodling sandals in the back of her book and when Margret had kittens
Princess Fandango Buffalo 10.08.2021
It was a really funny book, and it's point of view is from Petunia.
Commander Peanuts Buffalo 07.08.2021
it cool
Senorita Sunny Sofa 31.07.2021
Super funny!!
Countess Hopscotch Sofa 23.03.2021
4 and 1/2 stars
Baroness Cupcake Pineapple 06.09.2020
Drama book!!!!!!Everything is going wrong but it's hilarious.I think it's mainly better for older girls (but I'm not saying younger boys can't read it.)Read as Peri and Cammy are embarrassing each other with their deep dark secrets and at the end Cammys cat Margret gives birth to kittens!
Baroness Sapphire Sausage-Roll 06.09.2020
This book was great because it was about a really funny girl and her friends in the first year of senior school. She had a band and lots of unfortunate things happened to her and her friends, but everything came right in the end. I felt sorry for Smile Boy because he kept getting the blame for things he hadn't done. I thought the best characters were Petunia's parents because they were hilarious. I would recommend it to others but to be honest I am a boy and the book is written by a girl so I think I would have enjoyed it more if it was written by a boy.
Captain Race-car Submarine 29.08.2020
It’s a good book for people who love a laugh
Officer Viper Foxtail 28.08.2020
It was very funny and I love the bit were it was the ugly pigeons funeral and everyone droped cheese samwiches on the floor. I also liked their band they were all in. The band was called: the spoons. These are reasons why I like this book the best.
Queen Birthday-cake Rollerskate 14.08.2020
