Barnaby Grimes: Return of the Emerald Skull

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<p>Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and high-stacking around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. A fantastic romp through a Dickensian-style city, with a wonderful new hero in the guise of Barnaby.</p><p>After collecting a strange parcel from a deserted ship in the fog of the docks, and delivering it to the local schoolmaster, Barnaby thinks he's earned a moment to sit on the rooftops and eat his favourite pasty. But soon he realises that all is not well at the school - but is the problem quite as he expects it? A gruesome tale of a school overrun by a terrible curse - who will survive?</p>

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<b>Chris Riddell (Author)</b> Chris Riddell is an acclaimed artist of childrens books and a political cartoonist for the Observer. Amongst other titles, Chris illustrates the<i>Ottoline</i>young fiction series and<i>the Goth Girl</i>series, as well as working closely with Paul Stewart on the<i>Edge Chronicles</i>and<i>Wyrmeweald</i>. Children's Laureate from 2015-2017, he has won many awards for his work, including the Nestlé Gold Award, the UNESCO Award for<i>Something Else</i>and the rare honour of three Kate Greenaway Medals. <b>Paul Stewart (Author)</b> Paul Stewart is a highly regarded author of books for young readers - everything from picture books to football stories, fantasy and horror. Together with Chris Riddell, he is co-creator of the bestselling<i>Edge Chronicles</i>series, which has sold over three million books and is now available in over thirty languages. They are also co-creators of the<i>Far-Flung Adventure</i>series, which includes<i>Fergus Crane</i>, Gold Smarties Prize Winner,<i>Corby Flood</i>and<i>Hugo Pepper,</i>Silver Nestle Prize Winners, and the<i>Barnaby Grimes</i>Series.

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