Sir Wesley

Demand that everyone calls you SIR. Skip wherever you can. And answer everything anyone says to you with: “That’s what you think!” Wesley is seventeen, studies IT at Gilderford College and lives by ten commandments he made up himself. His surname has more A’s than the English language strictly needs, his Christmas tree is still up in June, and nobody has ever endured a heavier cloud of aftershave than his. While ordinary life carries on as usual, Wesley tries to grow up, in his own way. He looks for hobbies that don’t work out, goes on holiday with friends for the first time, chats his way into his first date and asks a police officer which gender he belongs to (no offence meant, he always adds that). And then it turns out the Army has a place for him too. Can a know-it-all survive the Army? Can the Army survive him? A warm, dry and fast-paced coming-of-age story about friendship, first love, wrong turns and a boy who never lets go of his rules. Well, almost never. Every chapter ends with the soundtrack of the moment: a song from the eighties or nineties.