Mr Humperdinck

What would you do if a heap of rubbish shaped like a man suddenly started talking to you? Or if you realised one day that your pet mouse was smarter than the headmaster of your school? Twelve-year-old Pete Smith does not believe in magic or fairies, but life tends to change when someone is murdered and you suddenly have to rely on talking mice, dwarfs and garbage heaps that fly around in revved-up dustbins to save you from an evil sorcerer and hordes of boy-eating rats. A fast-paced fantasy adventure with a touch of the bizarre. This book was awarded the M. E. R. Prize for Youth Literature.

Pete once again finds himself standing between Queen Cassandra’s kingdom and the forces of darkness. A mysterious manuscript has been stolen from Mr Humperdinck’s documents and Pete and his friends have to find it before it can be used to destroy the fairy world. With a monstrous black shadow on their heels, they once again set off on a crazy adventure. But what will happen if Pete is tempted to sell out his friends?