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Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict

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Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict
First edition
AuthorAndy Griffiths
Cover artistLiz Seymour
LanguageEnglish
SeriesBum trilogy
GenreComedy novel
Published1 September 2005 Pan Macmillan Australia
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages228 pp
ISBN0-330-42197-2
OCLC224401485
Preceded byZombie Bums from Uranus 
Followed byWhat 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.

Awards and sales

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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

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  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.
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