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Y/A Book, probably '00s
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friendof_dorothyHi! I was recommended here by a friend to help me find a book that I had read to me in school in the mid 2000s! I heard it probably around 2008 but it was probably older. Here's what I can remember about it:
The protagonist was a young boy, about 13 I think, and he had a girlfriend named Cookie. He also had the ability to slow down time by blinking twice in rapid succession. He uses this skill to beat the coach of an AFL or maybe NRL team by grabbing a twenty cent piece faster then him and gaining a place on the team. His mother does not like it when people eat baked potatoes by squishing them with a fork. He befriends a man on the team and his 'thing' stops working, not allowing him to stop his friend being injured.
I also remember one specific quote:
'When you're thirteen, you want to be fourteen, and when you're fourteen you want to be fifteen and when you're fifteen you want to be sixteen and this keeps going all the way up until you're twenty one, and then what you wouldn't give to be thirteen again.'
if anyone has any idea what book this was, I'd be seriously appreciative!
The protagonist was a young boy, about 13 I think, and he had a girlfriend named Cookie. He also had the ability to slow down time by blinking twice in rapid succession. He uses this skill to beat the coach of an AFL or maybe NRL team by grabbing a twenty cent piece faster then him and gaining a place on the team. His mother does not like it when people eat baked potatoes by squishing them with a fork. He befriends a man on the team and his 'thing' stops working, not allowing him to stop his friend being injured.
I also remember one specific quote:
'When you're thirteen, you want to be fourteen, and when you're fourteen you want to be fifteen and when you're fifteen you want to be sixteen and this keeps going all the way up until you're twenty one, and then what you wouldn't give to be thirteen again.'
if anyone has any idea what book this was, I'd be seriously appreciative!