The schoolboy adventures of Bertie Kipper: Book 1.. The King of the Jungle
Book Details
Author(s)john scott, tr. nobskinoff
Publisherjohn scott
ISBN / ASINB00QGHWLWG
ISBN-13978B00QGHWLW2
Sales Rank99,999,999
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
A comical light-hearted insight into the life experiences of a fictional 15 year old middleclass schoolboy in the early 1950s, his family members, his sworn deadly enemies and his school chums and fellow Scouts from the fictional middle English county town of Wickelbourgh on the Vine.
As the author, I first got the idea for creating a character of a mid-aged teenager from my own experience of growing up through these topsy-turvy years that have plagued generations of teens throughout the centuries; irrespective of race, religion of background and social standing. or most mid-age teens, the future in the main is irrelevant, nothing to worry to much about, all that matters is the here and now. Like perhaps trying to gain the affection of the one, you think you are in love with, and trying to deal with the insecurities that come with that. Like fending of rivals for said affections and coping with the pain of rejection that has afflicted most of us at some point during those early confused ridden years. Sometimes the hardest thing during that point in life is dealing with failure and in how others and your peers perceive you. Some will fit in easily and become part of the tribe. Some will be loners-who secretly long to be part of the tribe. They in the main, tend to be late starters in life who will find their own way through and make a place for themselves.
In my Bertie Kipper books, I try to highlight all the points I have mentioned in the paragraph above. Bertrand Montgomery Kipper through his friends in the Scouts was a member of the tribe....their tribe.
However, in some respects he was in part an insecure loner who took solace in his own thoughts. He was a young man who never really knew his father until he was around eight years old, but after his father returned a hero from the war, he tried to live up to his fathers expectations; Apart from all the normal teenage insecurities it was an extra silent burden that weighed heavily on him.
Towns like Wickelbourgh on the Vine, are the same, whether fictional or real. They all have their different social groups and those who would be part of them; an eclectic mix of those who have and those who have not, with their own place on the social ladder. Bertie and his friends and sworn enemies all come from their own place on their own particular towns social ladder; This makes for a good mix of laughter, tears jealousy, fragile and lifelong friendships.
When you read my books, I wonder if you can perhaps see something of your own teen years in its passages.
As the author, I first got the idea for creating a character of a mid-aged teenager from my own experience of growing up through these topsy-turvy years that have plagued generations of teens throughout the centuries; irrespective of race, religion of background and social standing. or most mid-age teens, the future in the main is irrelevant, nothing to worry to much about, all that matters is the here and now. Like perhaps trying to gain the affection of the one, you think you are in love with, and trying to deal with the insecurities that come with that. Like fending of rivals for said affections and coping with the pain of rejection that has afflicted most of us at some point during those early confused ridden years. Sometimes the hardest thing during that point in life is dealing with failure and in how others and your peers perceive you. Some will fit in easily and become part of the tribe. Some will be loners-who secretly long to be part of the tribe. They in the main, tend to be late starters in life who will find their own way through and make a place for themselves.
In my Bertie Kipper books, I try to highlight all the points I have mentioned in the paragraph above. Bertrand Montgomery Kipper through his friends in the Scouts was a member of the tribe....their tribe.
However, in some respects he was in part an insecure loner who took solace in his own thoughts. He was a young man who never really knew his father until he was around eight years old, but after his father returned a hero from the war, he tried to live up to his fathers expectations; Apart from all the normal teenage insecurities it was an extra silent burden that weighed heavily on him.
Towns like Wickelbourgh on the Vine, are the same, whether fictional or real. They all have their different social groups and those who would be part of them; an eclectic mix of those who have and those who have not, with their own place on the social ladder. Bertie and his friends and sworn enemies all come from their own place on their own particular towns social ladder; This makes for a good mix of laughter, tears jealousy, fragile and lifelong friendships.
When you read my books, I wonder if you can perhaps see something of your own teen years in its passages.
