Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict

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Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict
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First edition
Author Andy Griffiths
Cover artistLiz Seymour
Language English
Series Bum trilogy
Genre Comedy novel
Published1 September 2005 Pan Macmillan Australia
Publication place Australia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages228 pp
ISBN 0-330-42197-2
OCLC 224401485
Preceded byZombie Bums from Uranus 
Followed by What Bumosaur is That?  

Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict (retitled Butt Wars: The Final Conflict in the U.S.) is the final book in Andy Griffiths' Bum trilogy, following The Day My Bum Went Psycho and Zombie Bums from Uranus. [1] [2] The book details the events of a young boy called Zack and his adventures to finish the bums once and for all.

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Awards and sales

Bumageddon was short-listed for two Australian Children's Choice Awards book awards presented by the Children's Book Council of Australia:

According to the author's website, Bumageddon was the most popular Australian children's title in 2005, with sales of more than 90,000 in seven months. It also debuted at #9 on the New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Books. [5]

Footnotes

  1. Mills, Alice (2008), Behind the bum : A psychoanalytic reading of Andy Griffiths' Bum trilogy, Deakin University, School of Literary and Communication Studies, ISSN   1034-9243
  2. "Bard to the bone.(News)", The Age (Melbourne, Australia), Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited: 22, 2009-07-29, ISSN   0312-6307
  3. "Bilby Awards: 2006 information". Archived from the original on 2006-12-10. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
  4. "KOALA Shortlist 2006" (PDF). Kids' Own Australian Literature Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-08-19. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
  5. "News". Backyard Stories Pty Ltd. 2006-10-04. Archived from the original on October 4, 2006. Retrieved 2015-08-19.