A beaut story about one very ugly kid.
Robert Hoge was born with a tumour in the middle of his face, and legs that weren't much use. There wasn't another baby like him in the whole of Australia, let alone Brisbane. But the rest of his life wasn't so unusual: he had a mum and a dad, brothers and sisters, friends at school and in his street. He had childhood scrapes and days at the beach; fights with his family and trouble with his teachers.
He had doctors, too: lots of doctors who, when he was still very young, removed that tumour from his face and operated on his legs, then stitched him back together. He still looked different, though. He still looked ... ugly.
UGLY is the true story of how an extraordinary boy grew up to have an ordinary life, and how that became his greatest achievement of all.
- ISBN10 0733634338
- ISBN13 9780733634338
- Publish Date 11 August 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 29 March 2021
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Hachette Australia
- Imprint Lothian Children's Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English