Description
From the Costa award-winning author of Harvey Angell, comes the sequel to Out of the Clouds.
Pa is off again to work on his world-changing scientific discovery, leaving the rest of the Coggins family behind at their hidden clifftop home, Dizzy Perch. Oliver is in charge, with strict instructions about no visitors, in order to protect Pa's top-secret location. But Ma doesn't listen, and invites her favourite author to say.
When a woman arrives at Dizzy Perch claiming to be the author, the whole family are enchanted by their guest. All apart from Oliver, that is. A good job too, because the woman is really the sister of Pa's Sworn Enemy Mac, whose mission it is to bring Pa down and steal his research.
How is Oliver going to be able to keep his promise to Pa and protect his family, when they simply refuse to listen to him...?
A classic mystery adventure perfect for fans of Enid Blyton.
About the Author
Diana Hendry lives in Edinburgh, and is well-connected on the literary scene. Her picture book, The Very Noisy Night, was adapted into a show by Blunderbus Theatre Company. She has given readings, poetry readings, workshops and talks to children and adults at numerous festivals throughout the UK including Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Dead Good Poets, Liverpool and Wigtown Book Festival and she has visited schools all around the country from Devon to the Shetlands. She relates to children and teenagers (and adults) with just the right mix of seriousness and fun and they appreciate her dry, mischievous sense of humour.
Reviews
This quirky adventure, involving an impostor, a kidnap, the love of reading and a beautiful horse, has wit and warmth and ends kindly. -- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times *
A heart-warming story by award-winning Diana Hendry about a boy who is missing his father and has quite an adventure trying to find him * Booktrust *
Funny and lovely. * Bookwitch *
Book Information
ISBN 9781444924787
Author Diana Hendry
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Hodder Children's Books
Publisher Hachette Children's Group
Weight(grams) 180g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 126mm * 18mm
