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Final thoughts
What would Alan like readers to take away from Lads?
  1. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  2. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  11. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  12. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  13. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  16. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  17. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  18. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  19. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
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