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Ribblestrop

Ribblestrop, Book 1

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Ribblestrop

By: Andy Mulligan
Narrated by: Tom Hollander
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From the prize-winning author of Trash and Dog, Ribblestrop is sure the delight the most mischievous among us.

When your school’s motto is ‘Life is dangerous’, you know that anything can happen - and everything does!

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....

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I bought this book solely on the basis of Tom Hollander’s narration of a Diane Wynne Jones book - Conrad’s Fate. He is my favourite narrator of children’s books. Some British actors are just superlative at character voices. As for the story, well I’m a bit of a sucker for the pure escapism of children’s literature. You need to be able to enjoy a tall story with a lot of improbable silliness - in the vein of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. There are some interesting characters here, mostly male. I particularly enjoyed Captain Routon. I also like the empathy tor delinquent characters like Millie,

Tom Hollander is brilliant

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