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Code Name Bananas

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Code Name Bananas by David Walliams, Peter Serafinowicz, Sarah Alexander, Genevieve Gaunt, Toby Jones, Nina Wadia, Wayne Forester, Adjoa Andoh, and Nitin Ganatra

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By David Walliams, Peter Serafinowicz, Sarah Alexander, Genevieve Gaunt, Toby Jones, Nina Wadia, Wayne Forester, Adjoa Andoh, and and, Nitin Ganatra

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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

17 Jul 2024

It is a pretty funny but good book.
I would recommend.
If you like history fiction this is for YOU!

12 Jul 2024

i think it is a really good book and i recommend it

20 Aug 2023

This book was a little bit strange and I thought that it could be made a little bit better by making it a bit more realistic

28 Jul 2023

It was really funny

17 Jul 2023

great fantasy about WW2

13 Jul 2023

It's about a monkey and a boy saving all animals from enternurnal danger

13 Jun 2023

i thought it was rather scary as it is set in war

01 Mar 2023

It is all about a boy who wants to help his friend corrilla and i like this book because the boy never gave up in his dreams and goals

21 Dec 2022

scary yet brave

31 Oct 2022

Really funny and exciting book x

10 Sep 2022

This is a really interesting historical book about a fictional account of WW2. The book shows how animals were mistreated in the blitz of WW2 and had some very interesting Fake spies. I really enjoyed this book as trying to hide a gorilla on a tube train seemed like a ridiculous idea. Walliams has once again written a unrealistic but engaging, interesting and amusing book I would recommend to all.

08 Sep 2022

I loved this book!

07 Sep 2022

This book is very silly. My favourite chapter was ‘Penguin Poo’! I would recommend this for 5-9 year olds.

07 Sep 2022

This book is an epic comedy adventure set in World War II with an animal at the centre of the story I love gurtude and Eric this book was so funny

04 Sep 2022

I found this book really funny.

02 Sep 2022

I liked the gorilla in the story because he was crazy.
It was a fun book to read.
I told my friends to read it.

30 Aug 2022

Excellent book

26 Aug 2022

Great adventure story filled with action.

26 Aug 2022

I like this book as it was about a boy and an animal and I love animals

26 Aug 2022

This book is very funny, my favorite part was when he found out the code name was bananas because he liked gorillas.

24 Aug 2022

This book is very entertaining and great.
The gorilla made me laugh

21 Aug 2022

I really enjoyed codename bananas because there were lots of animals in it and it had a happy ending. I liked Sid with his tin legs I'm Gertrude kept on making rude noises. It was really funny when they dressed Gertrude up as a baby and she was sucking on a stick of rock. Sid and Eric were dressed up as two ladies Eric had a swim had a swimming costume on in the winter.

16 Aug 2022

I recommend this book because it's funny but also sad, because it's about the world war but the gorilla in it is really funny, as are the boy and the man.

14 Aug 2022

It was really funny and I love the twist. I also like books based on real things like the war.

09 Aug 2022

Amazing! Funny, hilarious, tense but really good!

09 Aug 2022

Bananas. I like erik the best. It interested me because the cover looked really good. Yes I would recomend the book to all me friends

07 Aug 2022

I thought it was a sad, adventurous, fun book. my favourite person is Drusilla the gorilla. I think this is a fiction book and I would recommend this book to my friends.

06 Aug 2022

It was amazing and it had lots of funny bits throughout. I would definitely recommend this book.

06 Aug 2022

It was very funny and interesting. I didn't want to stop reading it. Eric goes through so many adventures with Sid and Gertrude. My favouriite character was Gertrude the gorilla because I love animals and she's really funny. She did significant things to keep everyone safe. I also like how all the characters meet te royal family as a reward.

05 Aug 2022

I felt like this book was very adventurous because Eric would've been considered a normal boy if he didn't have that special bond with Gertrude the gorilla. It was also a very touching book because he forgot about all the dangers there would be rescuing the gorilla. I liked Uncle Sid the best because he looked after Eric. This book is one anyone should read but I would say read it bit by bit and not altogether so you can enjoy the story

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