Ribblestrop

When your schools motto is Life is dangerous, you know that anything can happenand everything does!This raucous tale of education gone awry is rollicking, ridiculous, and captivating, according a Bulletin starred review. Theres no school thats quite like Ribblestrop, complete with roofless dormitories, distracted teachers, and a perilous underground labyrinth. And then there are the students! Youll meet Sanchez, a Colombian gangsters son hiding from kidnappers; Millie, an outcast arsonist and self-confessed wild child; Caspar, the landladys 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 bedseven if they are located in the roofless part of the building. With the crazy-school appeal of Hogwarts and the grim humor of Lemony Snicket (The Independent), Ribblestrop, which was awarded the Childrens Fiction Prize by The Guardian, is sure to delight the most mischievous among us.