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Code Name Bananas

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Code Name Bananas by David Walliams, and Tony Ross

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By David Walliams, and and, Tony Ross

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Go back in time with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams for a whizz-bang epic adventure of action, laughter and secret plots – and the extraordinary friendship between a little boy and a huge gorilla that just might save the day…

1940. Britain is at war with Nazi Germany. Eleven-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him most happy: London Zoo. And there’s one animal in particular he loves: Gertrude the gorilla. With bombs falling all over London, Eric must rescue Gertrude. Together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper at the zoo, the three go on the run. But while hiding out at the seaside they uncover a top-secret Nazi plot… Join David Walliams on this action-packed, laugh-out-loud adventure for all the family!

Reviews

09 Mar 2025

so funny
read all of davids books now

30 Dec 2024

The illustration on the front doesn’t look like Gurtrude!

19 Nov 2024

the interesting thing about this story was that a boy was with a real MONKEY

28 Sep 2024

It was good

19 Sep 2024

Absolutely loved this book such a good one!

14 Sep 2024

Good

10 Sep 2024

My favourite character was Raj, he was very funny, like always and this was a very good book

04 Sep 2024

I loved the dramatic story line. It is a fun book.

03 Sep 2024

I enjoyed this book very much. I think it was the longest book I have read so far!!

03 Sep 2024

The book is fiction and is a hilarious and exhilarating book, My favourite character in the book is Gertrude, (the ape). I would reomend it it to someone else, definitely, because of all the enjoyabale parts and comedy scenes in the book. My favourite part is when gertrude is parachuting down from the sky.

27 Aug 2024

There are a selection of different kinds of words and drawings.It is easy to understand and very well written

27 Aug 2024

In this book it is WW2 and young 11 year old boy Eric has a special bond with a gorilla named Gertude. Eric and his great uncle Sid go to the London zoo to rescue Gertude .They have many troubes on the way to saftey like staying away from the police and the evil twin sisters that tried to kill them multiple times.
In the end everyone is safe and the prime minester Chambeline is safe .
After,for the reward, Eric, Sid, Gertude and Bettey get invited to the christmas party at the palace.
I would reccomend this book to people that like reading about adventures and mystery.
The age gap I would suggest the book fits in would be 9 and over because there is shooting but it still is an amzing book by David Walliams.
This is the favorite book I have read before.

24 Aug 2024

It was a very good book and I like the plot and I really like David Walliams books because they all have a very interesting plot and this one was very funny

24 Aug 2024

Code name bananas, is funny and full of adventure. one of my favorite bits was when Sid showed Eric inside his house because his house exploded!!!! My favorite character is Gertrude the gorilla because she is quite funny and is quite human like for a gorilla. I would recommend this book for my friends.

23 Aug 2024

Very good

19 Aug 2024

Great read

18 Aug 2024

Thrilling book with funny parts and lovely story which includes a war and some unexpected main characters

17 Aug 2024

Life.
Love.
Laughter.
These were the most important things in war.
So when Eric's only friend is being put down, it's time for the breakout!

13 Aug 2024

I really enjoyed this book and my favourite character was Botty the baboon! I would definitely read this book again!

10 Aug 2024

Best book I have ever read!! It was so good the first time that I had to read it again!! The story has a humour that not everyone would understand yet I understood every single line!! My favourite character was Bessie (the lady next door to one of the main characters).She has such a funny humour that sort of relates to mine. I would definitely recommend this book to people with a good sense of humour!! So because of that five stars!!!

09 Aug 2024

i like Eric. i like how eric goes to the farm to see the gorilla

08 Aug 2024

I love this book

07 Aug 2024

This book made me laugh its was good

06 Aug 2024

The MC started a criminal and ends up a hero with the help of a gorilla and his uncle

06 Aug 2024

Enjoyed learnt about world war.

03 Aug 2024

It was a really funny book.

03 Aug 2024

I loved that there was gorrilars war and death it was a strange mix but it all worked out very well

02 Aug 2024

I like the character Gertrude the gorilla in this book. I really love to know facts. As , it was factual book, I recommend this book for who like adventurous stories.

01 Aug 2024

I loved this book because it made me laugh. Another very funny one by David Williams.

31 Jul 2024

The book was amazing. It was sad but funny and the main characters in the book were kind to animals and saved them it interested me because they had to save a gorilla and had to hide him which made it interesting to see how they did it. In the end they saved the war.i would definitely recommend reading this book.

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