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The Secret Diary and Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾

Adrian Mole turns 50 on 2 April. To celebrate, we’re helping him fulfil a lifelong ambition to publish his collected poems. Read more from the teenage Adrian on his dreams of literary success in The Secret Diary and Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾

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