When your school’s motto is “Life is dangerous,” you know that anything can happen—and everything does!This raucous tale of education gone awry is rife with “disgracefully dangerous high-octane fun,” according to the The Guardian, which awarded Ribblestrop the Children’s Fiction Prize. There’s no school that’s quite like Ribblestrop, complete with roofless dormitories, distracted teachers, and a perilous underground labyrinth. And then there are the students! You’ll meet Sanchez, a Colombian gangster’s son hiding from kidnappers; Millie, an excluded arsonist and self-confessed wild child; Caspar, the landlady’s spoiled grandson; the helpful but hapless Sam and his best friend Ruskin, plus a handful of orphans from overseas who are just happy to have beds—even if they are located in a roofless part of the building.
- ISBN: 9781442499041
- Author: Mulligan, Andy
- Published: 2014 , Simon and Schuster
- Themes: Adventures, adversity, boarding schools, Detectives, Friendship, Humor
- Descriptors: England (UK), Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction
- No. of pages: 384