Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict (retitled Butt Wars: The Final Conflict in the U.S.) is the final book in Andy Griffiths' Bum trilogy, following The Day My Bum Went Psycho and Zombie Bums from Uranus.[1][2] The book details the events of a young boy called Zack and his adventures to finish the bums once and for all.
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| Author | Andy Griffiths |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Liz Seymour |
| Language | English |
| Series | Bum trilogy |
| Genre | Comedy novel |
| Published | 1 September 2005 Pan Macmillan Australia |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 228 pp |
| ISBN | 0-330-42197-2 |
| OCLC | 224401485 |
| Preceded by | Zombie Bums from Uranus |
| Followed by | What Bumosaur is That? |
Awards and sales
editBumageddon was short-listed for two Australian Children's Choice Awards book awards presented by the Children's Book Council of Australia:
- The Bilby Award (Queensland) for Younger Readers: it did not win, but another of Griffiths' books, Just Crazy! did.[3]
- The KOALA Award (New South Wales) for Older Readers[4]
According to the author's website, Bumageddon was the most popular Australian children's title in 2005, with sales of more than 90,000 in seven months. It also debuted at #9 on the New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Books.[5]
Footnotes
edit- ^ Mills, Alice (2008), Behind the bum : A psychoanalytic reading of Andy Griffiths' Bum trilogy, Deakin University, School of Literary and Communication Studies, ISSN 1034-9243
- ^ "Bard to the bone.(News)", The Age (Melbourne, Australia), Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited: 22, 2009-07-29, ISSN 0312-6307
- ^ "Bilby Awards: 2006 information". Archived from the original on 2006-12-10. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
- ^ "KOALA Shortlist 2006" (PDF). Kids' Own Australian Literature Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-08-19. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
- ^ "News". Backyard Stories Pty Ltd. 2006-10-04. Archived from the original on October 4, 2006. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
