Harry's arch-enemy, Gestapo Lil, is causing trouble again. After Harry's aunts and their gang put Lil's slimy accomplice in jail, Lil swore to get revenge... Gestapo Lil and her cronies are after stash of fabulous hidden treasure - and only Harry and his friends are standing in her way...
This original collection has been constantly in deman since its first publication over twenty years ago. Temperley is a leading children's writer one of whose books is about to be made into a TV series in the UK.
Set in Eastport in 1948, Mary Pearson explores how the lives of two young people have been damaged, mostly by events far from home, after World War Two.
When the orphaned Harry is sent to live with his elderly aunts, he gets the shock of his life. His aunts are far from the dull, frail old ladies he's expecting - Harry discovers he's living with a gang of cat-burglars| Now all he has to do is persuade them to let him join in their daring adventures...
Der zwölfjährige Ewan lebt mit seiner Mutter an der schottischen Küste, seit sein Vater vor sieben Jahren verschwand. Als dieser plötzlich auftaucht, beginnt eine Annäherung zwischen Vater und Sohn. Ewan erfährt von Duncans dramatischer Vergangenheit mit der Meerjungfrau Neerie und den mysteriösen Unglücken, die ihre Rückkehr auslösen.
