"Henley Phipps. Bigger. Louder. Older. Sneerier. How could I make him stop? Go away? Leave me alone? What did I have to do?" Jimmy McConkey has three close friends: Eric who likes weird poetry, Arthur who thinks he's a heavy goods vehicle, and Victor who is in fact a girl. He also has a terrible enemy who cannot be stopped: Henley Phipps. Things cannot go on as they are. Something has to change, but what about the consequences? And what about Jimmy's mother? And the teacher who barks? How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You? is a novel about bullying, revenge, friendship, alienation, and getting...

"Henley Phipps. Bigger. Louder. Older. Sneerier. How could I make him stop? Go away? Leave me alone? What did I have to do?" Jimmy McConkey has three close friends: Eric who likes weird poetry, Arthur who thinks he's a heavy goods vehicle, and Victor who is in fact a girl. He also has a terrible enemy who cannot be stopped: Henley Phipps. Things cannot go on as they are. Something has to change, but what about the consequences? And what about Jimmy's mother? And the teacher who barks? How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You? is a novel about bullying, revenge, friendship, alienation, and getting...

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Who is the kid with white hair and why does he have transparent eyes? Why does the much feared Henley Phipps have an ancient 'Beware of the Trains' sign in his bedroom? Is Victor really a vocabulary thug and why is this new poem Arthur keeps chanting important? Will Jimmy overcome his fear of the dark - when will he finally do as he is told and answer the phone? When Are You Going To Do As You're Told? answers these and other questions about friendship, being frightened, what it's like to be seen as an outsider and how the past isn't the past. Kids who like questions will live these...