What are the stories?

1
Fun With a Fire Hose
2
I Am a Ro-bot
3
Balloons of Doom
4
Unfunniest Home Video
5
101 Really Dangerous Things
6
A Really, Really Good Excuse
7
Why I Love Choco-Pops in Fifty Words or Less
8
Lemonade Roulette
9
The Exploding Butterfly Story
10
Fun With a Monster Truck

Just Shocking!

JUST SHOCKING! is the sixth book in the JUST! series. Published in 2007, it contains ten shocking stories. (WARNING! If you’re easily shocked then you will be shocked by Just Shocking! And if you’re not easily shocked you’l be shocked at how easily this book shocks you, because that’s just how shocking Just Shocking! is.)

Is this the right book for you?

Take the SHOCKING TEST and find out. Score one point for each YES answer.

Do you wish you could drive around in a monster truck crushing everybody and everything that gets in your way?
Do you love watching videos of people having painful accidents?
Do you do any—or all—of the following: touch electric fences, play with loaded mousetraps or put buttons up your nose?
Do you think stories about exploding pink butterflies are funny?
Do you ever laugh so hard that you feel like you’re going to throw up all over yourself … and then you actually do?

So, What’s your score?

3–5: You are a shocking, shocking person! You will love this book.
1–2: You are quite shocking! You will love this book.
0: What a shocking score! You will love this book.

Awards

BILBY (Books I Loved Best Yearly) Winner Younger Readers 2008
COOL (Canberra’s Own Outstanding List) Winner Younger Readers 2008
KOALA (Kids Own Australian Literature Awards) Winner Younger Readers 2008
KROC (Kids Reading Oz Choice) Winner Younger Readers 2008
WAYBRA (West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award) Winner Younger Readers 2008