Spud by John van de Ruit

Rating 5- Got to have a copy. Gotta reread forever

PLOT:

It's 1990. Apartheid is crumbling. Nelson Mandela has just been released from prison. And Spud Milton - thirteen-year-old, prepubescent choirboy extraordinaire - is about to start his first year at an elite boys-only boarding school in South Africa. Cursed with embarrassingly dysfunctional parents, a senile granny named Wombat, and a wild obsession for Julia Roberts, Spud has his hands full trying to adapt to his new home.
Armed with only his wits and his diary, Spud takes readers of all ages on a rowdy boarding school romp full of illegal midnight swims, raging hormones, and catastrophic holidays that will leave the entire family in total hysterics and thirsty for more

This book made me laugh so hard. Written in journal form, the story takes place in an elite private boys' boarding school in which John "Spud" Milton is finally starting his first year in. Together with his seven dorm mates, they are the "Crazy Eight" and all their troubles, pecularities, adventures and personal tales are recorded by Spud himself, alongside tales of his hilarious parents, senile grandmother and girls of course. Every journal entry is filled with hilarious events, even the ones which are supposed to be sad is funny, I have no idea why. The best ones are the ones with Spud's parents in them, they are just so weird you would just love them.
Oh yeah I discovered it has a movie:

must see this, MUST

Hell yeah, the cover I had was the one shown in the PLOT section and I hesitated at first whether to go on with it or not. Now I regret nothing, since it made me smile all the way, teaching lessons about friendship, camaraderie and loyalty. In a way, it reminds me of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" too.