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Code Name Bananas

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

©2020 David Walliams (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure Animals Animals & Nature Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction War Funny Adventure

Critic Reviews

"Dahl finally has a worthy successor." (Telegraph)

"Walliams understands something crucial about children and stories." (Metro)
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It was a great opportunity to talk about the war in a child friendly manner while listening to a great story.

Kids loved it!

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My son loved this book. It is extremely well written. It is slso extremely well presented. We loved the different characters and the sound effects. All ir the characters voices were so cool, except Erics. The difficulty with Erics voice is that he did NOT sound like a boy, definitely not a 10 or 11 year old boy. This bothered my son as well (who is 7 and sounds far more mature than Eric did). We still listened to the entire book and loved it but Eric's voice bothered us throughout it.

Personally I preferred Grandpa's Great Escape. I think the boy's voice in that was read by David Williams and he did an excellent job.

Brilliant, Well Written Story

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very good a vilent book and cool at the same time and alcohol and sagare

code name bananas

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I liked it it was entertaining and I love David Williams and all his story’s

It was good

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This book 📖 is AWESOME the book 📚 is so unique and ridiculous I think 🤔 Mr Walliams should get a rise

Sooooo good I recommend

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This book has to be one of the best I've ever read by David Walliams. Set in WWII, the story of an orphan and his great uncle rescue a gorilla from London zoo and get into all kinds of perilous adventure.

Epic overall

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Another bestseller! I really enjoyed it, though it is a bit sad, so I would recommend it for ages 9-13.

Love it!

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Absolutely loved it🥰

This book is the best!!!!!!!! I recommend it to any kids that love adventure

Epic

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It's an interesting story and the sound effect was good. My 8 year-old enjoyed it very much.

Interesting story

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It was a very good book but pretty sad but overall it was excellent should make a movie

Very Excellenty

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