A funny read about a intermediate boy, Ben, who hates sport or anything at school that includes physical exercise. Because his mates and teachers go on and on about how important PE is etc he begins to feel embarrassed and not good about himself. This sense of uselessness heightens when the school bully, Athol Maxwell, tell him he is fat, four eyed and useless. Ben joins the school writing group and he and others realise that he is a very good writer. ( )

Intermediate school age. Ben Hambleton joins a writing group. Own development, but also a way of introducing the deeper meaning of poetry and writing into the story. ( )