Eric lives rough in north London with Thickpea, his rat, and a ragbag assortment of the city's homeless, dispossessed and slightly smelly. Then one of their number is kidnapped, and Eric and his friends are thrown into a strange and confusing world. Who is the blond young man that keeps cropping up? How is Eric's family involved in his turmoil? And how does he know who to trust? The answers come after a series of events culminating in a deadly climax, and Eric must face some unpleasant truths.
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Jill Martin worked as a teacher in South Yorkshire before taking up writing, and now lives in Sheffield with her husband and her daughter Laura. This is Jill’s first novel, and Laura’s first commission as a book illustrator.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Engaging adventure story for children mourning the loss of Harry Potter,
By David L Dawson (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eric and Thickpea (Paperback)
To be honest I'm perfectly sick of wizards and witches cluttering up the children's shelves. I want something different! Enter Eric and Thickpea, an adventure story for children aged about 8 or 9 and over, about a homeless boy and his pet rat, Thickpea. There are funny, poignant and quirky characters; never-see-coming plot twists that put other books to shame, and an endearing plot. I loved it. Where's the sequel?
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Old Yar, Nurse Butler, Doctor Sissington, Hackney Mansions, Farthing Road, Master Edwin, John Bagnall, Tom Dyson, Pickering Avenue, Uncle Edwin, Stoke Newington, Sissington Towers, Paprika Stew, Horace Sprockett, Seven Sisters, Flying Carrot, Hackney Downs, The Hat Girl, Liverpool Street Station, Edwin Sissington, Red Hot Pinprick, Bare Window, Special Branch, Storm Brewing, Scotch Broth Browse Sample Pages:
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Old Yar, Nurse Butler, Doctor Sissington, Hackney Mansions, Farthing Road, Master Edwin, John Bagnall, Tom Dyson, Pickering Avenue, Uncle Edwin, Stoke Newington, Sissington Towers, Paprika Stew, Horace Sprockett, Seven Sisters, Flying Carrot, Hackney Downs, The Hat Girl, Liverpool Street Station, Edwin Sissington, Red Hot Pinprick, Bare Window, Special Branch, Storm Brewing, Scotch Broth Browse Sample Pages:
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